1Then 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. 2And he wept aloud : and the Egyptians heard , and the house of Pharaoh heard . 3And 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 . 4And 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 . 5And now be not grieved , nor angry with yourselves , that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life . 6For these two years hath the famine been in the land : and there are yet five years , in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest . 7And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance . 8So 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 ruler over all the land of Egypt .
Joseph's Invitation to His Family
9Haste 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 ; 10and 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: 11and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine ; lest thou come to poverty , thou , and thy household , and all that thou hast. 12And , behold , your eyes see , and the eyes of my brother Benjamin , that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you . 13And 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 .
The Brothers' Return to Canaan
14And he fell upon his brother Benjamin ’s neck , and wept ; and Benjamin wept upon his neck . 15And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talked with him . 16And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh ’s house , saying , Joseph ’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well , and his servants . 17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , Say unto thy brethren, This do ye : lade your beasts , and go , get you unto the land of Canaan ; 18and 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. 19Now 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. 20Also regard not your stuff ; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 21And the sons of Israel did so : and Joseph gave them wagons , according to the commandment of Pharaoh , and gave them provision for the way . 22To 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 . 23And to his father he sent after this manner : ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt , and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way . 24So he sent his brethren away , and they departed : and he said unto them , See that ye fall not out by the way . 25And they went up out of Egypt , and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. 26And they told him , saying, Joseph is yet alive , and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt . And his heart fainted , for he believed them not . 27And 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 : 28and Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die .