¹Then Joseph could not restrain himself regarding all those standing around him, and he called out, “Have everyone go out from my presence.” Then no-one was standing with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. ²Then he raised his voice with weeping, and the Egyptians heard it, and Pharaoh's household heard it. ³And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” And his brothers could not answer him, for they were alarmed at his presence. ⁴Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” And they came close. Then he said, “I am Joseph your brother whom you sold to Egypt. ⁵So now, do not be grieved, and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, for God sent me here ahead of you as a means of preserving life. ⁶For it has been two years of famine in the land, and there are still five years to go in which there is no ploughing or harvest. ⁷And God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant in the land and to preserve you alive with great deliverance. ⁸So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God, and he appointed me to be a father to Pharaoh, and a master over all his house, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt. ⁹Make haste and go up to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: «God has appointed me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me and do not stay around. ¹⁰And you will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you and your sons and your grandsons, and your sheep and your cattle and everything that is yours. ¹¹And I will sustain you there, for there are still five years of famine, so that you don't become destitute – you and your household and everyone belonging to you.» ’ ¹²And look, your eyes see, as do my brother Benjamin's eyes, that it is my mouth that is speaking to you. ¹³And tell my father about all my glory in Egypt, and everything you have seen, and make haste to bring my father down here.” ¹⁴And he fell around the neck of Benjamin his brother and wept, and Benjamin wept around his neck. ¹⁵And he kissed all his brothers, and he wept against them, and after that his brothers spoke with him. ¹⁶And the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, where they said, “Joseph's brothers have come.” And it was a good thing in Pharaoh's eyes and in the eyes of his servants. ¹⁷And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers to do this: ‘Load your beasts of burden and do a round trip to the land of Canaan, ¹⁸and take your father, and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the goodness of the land of Egypt, and eat the fat of the land.’ ¹⁹And you are commanded to do this: get yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt, for your little ones, and your wives, and bring your father, and come here. ²⁰And don't let your eye grieve over your goods, for the goodness of all the land of Egypt is yours.” ²¹So the sons of Israel did this, and Joseph gave them wagons according to Pharaoh's bidding, and he gave them provisions for the journey. ²²He gave all of them individually changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing. ²³And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys carrying some of the goodness of Egypt, ten she-asses carrying corn and bread and food for his father for the journey. ²⁴So he sent his brothers off, and they departed, and he said to them, “Do not be perturbed on the way.” ²⁵And they went up from Egypt, and they came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father. ²⁶And they told him about it and said, “Joseph is still alive”, and that he was ruler over all the land of Egypt. At this his heart became frigid, for he did not believe them. ²⁷And they told him all Joseph's words which he had spoken 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 great that my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”