Genesis 45
1. 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.
2. And he wept aloud * : and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard * .
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Now therefore be not grieved * , nor angry * with yourselves, that ye sold * me hither: for God did send * me before you to preserve life.
6. 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.
7. And God sent * me before you to preserve * you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives * by a great deliverance.
8. 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.
9. 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:
10. 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:
11. 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 * .
12. And, behold, your eyes see * , and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh * unto you.
13. 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.
14. And he fell * upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept * ; and Benjamin wept * upon his neck.
15. Moreover he kissed * all his brethren,and wept * upon them: and after that his brethren talked * with him.
16. And the fame thereof was heard * in Pharaoh's house, saying * , Joseph's brethren are come * : and it pleased * Pharaoh well * , and his servants.
17. And Pharaoh said * unto Joseph,Say * unto thy brethren, This do * ye; lade * your beasts, and go * , get * you unto the land of Canaan;
18. 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.
19. 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 * .
20. Also regard * not your stuff;for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. So he sent * his brethren away * , and they departed * : and he said * unto them, See that ye fall not out * by the way.
25. And they went up * out of Egypt, and came * into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
26. 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.
27. 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 * :
28. And Israel said * , It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go * and see him * before I die * .
