Genesis 45:1-11 ▼

1 And Joseph was not able to restrain himself before all those who were standing by him, and he cried out, “Make go out every man from me!” And no man stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

2 And he gave his voice in weeping, and Egypt heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

3 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” And his brothers were not able to answer him, for they were terrified in his presence.

4 And 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.

5 And now, do not be grieved and let it not burn in your? eyes that you? sold me here, for to preserve life God sent me before you?.

6 For these two years the famine has been in the midst of the earth, and there are still five years in which there is no plowing and harvesting.

7 And God sent me before you? to make for you? a remnant in the earth, and to give life to you? by a great deliverance.

8 And now, you? have not sent me here, but God. And He has made me for a father to Pharaoh, and for a lord of all his house, and ruler in all the land of Egypt.

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

10 And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me—you and your sons, and the sons of your sons, and your flock and your herd, and all that is yours.

11 And I will provide for you there, for there are still five years of famine, lest you come to poverty—you and your house and all that is yours.’