1Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all those who 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 heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph; does my father still live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4And Joseph said to his brothers, Please come near to me. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5And now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here: for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6For these two years the famine has been in the land: and there are still five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest. 7And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive 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 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 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, and your children, and your children’s children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have: 11and there I will nourish you; for there are still five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have. 12And, behold, 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. 15And he kissed all his brothers, and wept upon them: and after that his brothers talked with him. 16And its report was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brothers have come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your beasts, and go on 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 do not be concerned about your goods; 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 clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of clothing. 23And to his father he sent in this manner: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way. 24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed: and he said to them, See that you do not quarrel on the way. 25And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father. 26And they told him, saying, Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he did not believe them. 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 said, It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive: I will go and see him before I die.