Then Joseph could not control himself any longer in front of all those who attended him, and he called out, “Have everyone leave me.” So no man stood there when ^aJoseph revealed himself to his brothers. 2 ^aJoseph wept aloud, and the Egyptians who had just left him heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of it. 3 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “^aI am Joseph! ^bIs my father still alive?” But his brothers were speechless, for ^cthey were stunned and dismayed by the fact that they were in Joseph’s presence.

4 And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come closer to me.” And they approached him. And he said, “I am Joseph your brother, whom you ^asold into Egypt. 5 Now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because ^ayou sold me here, for ^bGod sent me ahead of you to save life and preserve our family. 6 For the famine has been in the land ^athese two years, and there are still five more years in which there will be no plowing and harvesting. 7 ^aGod sent me to Egypt ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to keep you alive by a great escape. 8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a ^afather to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my father, and ^atell him, ‘Your son Joseph says this to you: “God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. 10 You shall live in the land of ^aGoshen the best pasture land of Egypt, and you shall be close to me—you and your children and your grandchildren, your flocks and your herds and all you have. 11 There I will ^aprovide for you and sustain you, so that you and your household and all that are yours may not become impoverished, for there are still five years of famine to come.”’ 12 Look! Your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that I am speaking to you personally in your language and not through an interpreter. 13 Now you must tell my father of all my splendor and power in Egypt, and of everything that you have seen; and you must hurry and ^abring my father down here.” 14 Then he embraced his brother Benjamin’s neck and ^awept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. 15 He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward his brothers talked with him.

16 When ^athe news was heard in Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. 17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: load your animals and return to the land of Canaan without delay, 18 and get your father and your households and come to me. ^aI will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you will eat the fat (the finest produce) of the land.’ 19 Now you brothers of Joseph are ordered by Pharaoh, ‘Do this: take ^awagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come. 20 Do not be concerned with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

21 Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them ^awagons according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. 22 To each of them Joseph gave ^achanges of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and ^bfive changes of clothing. 23 To his father he sent the following: ten male donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father to supply all who were with him on the journey.

24 So he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, “See that you do not quarrel on the journey about how to explain this to our father.” 25 So they went up from Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to Jacob their father, 26 and they said to him, “Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” But Jacob was stunned and his heart almost stopped beating, because ^ahe did not believe them. 27 When they told him everything that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the ^awagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28 And Israel (Jacob) said, “It is enough! Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”