¹And Joseph could not restrain himself before all those standing by him, and he called out, Bring out everyone from me! And no one stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

²And he gave out his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians heard, and the household of Pharaoh heard.

³And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph. Is my father still alive? But his brothers could not answer him, for they were terrified before his face.

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

⁵And now, do not be pained, and let it not burn in your eyes that you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you for the preservation of life.

⁶For these two years the famine has been in the midst of the land, and there are still five years when there will be no plowing or harvest.

⁷And God sent me ahead of you to set a remnant for you in the land, and to keep you alive for a great deliverance.

⁸And now, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He appointed me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

⁹Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph: God has appointed me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.

¹⁰And you will dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you and your children and the children of your children, your flock and your cattle and all that is yours.

¹¹And I will sustain you there, for there are still five years of famine, lest you be impoverished, you and your household and all that is yours.

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

¹³And tell my father all my weightiness in Egypt and all that you have seen, and hurry and bring my father down here.

¹⁴And he fell on the neck of Benjamin his brother and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

¹⁵And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them; and after that his brothers spoke with him.

¹⁶And the sound was heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, The brothers of Joseph have come; and it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants.

¹⁷And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your beasts and go, enter the land of Canaan.

¹⁸Take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the good things of the land of Egypt, and eat the fat of the land.

¹⁹And you are commanded: Do this; take carts for yourselves from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and carry your father and come.

²⁰And let your eye not take pity on your articles, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

²¹And the sons of Israel did so, and Joseph gave them carts by the mouth of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the road.

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

²³And to his father he sent the following: ten donkeys carrying some of the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys carrying grain and bread and sustenance for his father for the road.

²⁴And he sent his brothers off, and they went. And he said to them, Do not be agitated on the road.

²⁵And they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.

²⁶They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he rules over all the land of Egypt." His heart went numb, for he did not believe them.

²⁷They spoke to him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them. Then he saw the carts that Joseph had sent to carry him, and the breath of Jacob their father revived.

²⁸Israel said, "Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."