1Then Joseph could not control himself before all those 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 to his brothers.
2And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph; does my father yet live?” And his brothers could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
4And Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me, I pray you”. And they came near. And he said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
5Now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.
6For these two years has the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years (of famine), in which there shall neither be plowing nor harvest.
7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8So 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.
9Hurry, and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son, Joseph: “God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay”:
10And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks, herds, and all that you have:
11And there will I nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you, and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.
12And your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
13And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall hurry and bring down my father here.”
14And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
15Moreover, he kissed all his brothers, and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him.
16And the report of this was heard in Pharaoh's house: “Joseph's brothers have come”: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell to your brothers, ‘This do: load your animals, and go to the land of Canaan;
18And take your father and your households, and come to me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.
19Now you are commanded, do this; take 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 children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22He gave to 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 the following: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten she donkeys loaded with grain and food for his father along the way.
24So he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, “See that you do not quarrel along the way”.
25And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob, their father,
26And told him, “Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt”. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
27And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived:
28And Israel (Jacob) said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die.” Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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