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
.
And he wept aloud
: and the Egyptians
and the house
of Pharaoh
heard
.
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
.
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
.
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 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
.
And God sent
me before you
to preserve
you a posterity
in the earth
, and to save your lives
by a great
deliverance
.
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
.
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:
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:
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
.
And, behold, your eyes see
, and the eyes
of my brother
Benjamin
, that it is my mouth
that speaketh
unto you.
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.
And he fell upon his brother
Benjamin's
neck
, and wept
; and Benjamin
wept
upon his neck
.
Moreover he kissed all his brethren
, and wept
upon them: and after
that his brethren
talked
with him.
And the fame thereof was heard
in Pharaoh's
house
, saying
, Joseph's
brethren
are come
: and it pleased
Pharaoh
well
, and
his servants
.
And Pharaoh said
unto Joseph
, Say
unto thy brethren
, This do
ye; lade
your beasts
, and go
, get
you unto the land
of Canaan
;
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
.
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
.
Also regard
not your stuff
; for the good
of all the land
of Egypt
is yours.
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
.
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
.
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
.
So he sent his brethren
away
, and they departed
: and he said
unto them, See that ye fall not out
by the way
.
And they went up out of Egypt
, and came
into the land
of Canaan
unto Jacob
their father
,
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.
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
:
And Israel said
, It is enough
; Joseph
my son
is yet alive
: I will go
and see him
before I die
.