1 ¶ Then Joseph could not restrain himself any longer before all those who stood by him; and he shouted, Send everyone out away from me. So no one stood there with Joseph, while he made himself known to his brothers.

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

3 And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph; is my father still alive? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

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

5 Now therefore do not be grieved, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here: for God sent me before you to preserve life.

6 For two years now the famine has been in the land: and there will be five more years, in which there will be neither growing or harvest.

7 So God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a posterity on the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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

9 Hurry, and go up to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says this, God has made me lord over all Egypt: come down to me, do not delay:

10 And you will live in the land of Goshen, where you will be near me, you, and your children, and your children’s children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have:

11 And there I will provide for you; for five years of famine yet remain; lest you, and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.

12 And, behold, your eyes, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, see that it is my mouth that is speaking to you.

13 And you will tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you will hurry and bring my father down here.

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

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

16 ¶ When the news that, Joseph’s brothers had arrived, reached Pharaoh’s palace: Pharaoh, and his servants, were greatly pleased.

17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Tell your brothers this; load your animals, and return to the land of Canaan;

18 And get your father and your households, and come to me: and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will live on the fat of the land.

19 Now also command them to; Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

20 Also do not worry about your goods; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

21 And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey.

22 To each of them he gave changes of clothing; but he gave to Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of clothing.

23 And he sent to his father; ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten she donkeys loaded with grain and food and provisions for his father on the journey.

24 So he sent his brothers away, and they left: and he said to them, See that you do not quarrel along the way.

25 ¶ So they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father,

26 And they said to him, Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. But Jacob’s heart remained unmoved, for he did not believe them.

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

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