Genesis 45

Joseph couldn’t control himself anymore in front of all his attendants. He cried out, “Have everyone leave me!” So there wasn’t anyone with Joseph when he told his brothers who he was.

Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

He wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him. Everyone in Pharaoh’s house heard about it.

And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers weren’t able to answer him. They were too afraid of him.

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” So they did. Then he said, “I am your brother Joseph. I’m the one you sold into Egypt.

And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

But don’t be upset. And don’t be angry with yourselves because you sold me here. God sent me ahead of you to save many lives.

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

For two years now, there hasn’t been enough food in the land. And for the next five years, people won’t be plowing or gathering crops.

For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

But God sent me ahead of you to keep some of you alive on earth. He sent me here to save your lives by an act of mighty power.

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

“So then, it wasn’t you who sent me here. It was God. He made me like a father to Pharaoh. He made me master of Pharaoh’s entire house. God made me ruler of the whole land of Egypt.

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Now hurry back to my father. Say to him, ‘Your son Joseph says, “God has made me master of the whole land of Egypt. Come down to me. Don’t waste any time.

Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

You will live in the area of Goshen. You, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you have will be near me.

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

There I will provide everything you need. There are still five years to come when there won’t be enough food. If you don’t come down here, you and your family and everyone who belongs to you will lose everything.” ’

And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

“My brothers, I am Joseph. You can see for yourselves that I am the one speaking to you. My brother Benjamin can see it too.

And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

Tell my father about all the honor given to me in Egypt. Tell him about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”

And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept. Benjamin also hugged him and wept.

And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

Joseph kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After that, his brothers talked with him.

Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

The news reached Pharaoh’s palace that Joseph’s brothers had come. Pharaoh and all his officials were pleased.

And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Here’s what I want you to tell your brothers. Say to them, ‘Load your animals. Return to the land of Canaan.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

Bring your father and your families back to me. I’ll give you the best land in Egypt. You can enjoy all the good things in the land.’

And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

“And here’s something else I want you to tell them. Say to them, ‘Take some carts from Egypt. Your children and your wives can use them. Get your father and come back.

Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

Don’t worry about the things you have back there. The best of everything in Egypt will belong to you.’ ”

Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is your's.

Then the sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them carts, as Pharaoh had commanded. He also gave them supplies for their journey.

And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

He gave new clothes to each of them. But he gave Benjamin more than seven pounds of silver. He also gave him five sets of clothes.

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

He sent his father ten male donkeys loaded with the best things from Egypt. He also sent ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other supplies for his journey.

And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

Then Joseph sent his brothers away. As they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t argue on the way!”

So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

So they went up out of Egypt. They came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of the whole land of Egypt.” Jacob was shocked. He didn’t believe them.

And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.

So they told him everything Joseph had said to them. Jacob saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him back. That gave new life to their father Jacob.

And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

Israel said, “I believe it now! My son Joseph is still alive. I’ll go and see him before I die.”

And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.