¶ Then Joseph could not¹ refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause² every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

And he wept aloud³: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph⁴; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they⁵ were troubled⁶ at his presence.

And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph⁷ your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Now therefore be not grieved⁸, nor angry with yourselves⁹, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

For these two years¹⁰ hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing¹¹ nor harvest.

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity¹² in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

So now it was not¹³ you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father¹⁴ to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith¹⁵ thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come¹⁶ down unto me, tarry not:

¶ And thou shalt dwell in the land¹⁷ of Goshen¹⁸, and thou shalt be near¹⁹ unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

²⁰And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

And, behold, your eyes²¹ see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth²² that speaketh unto you.

And ye shall tell my father of all my glory²³ in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring²⁴ down my father hither.

²⁵And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

Moreover²⁶ he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked²⁷ with him.

¶ And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well²⁸, and his servants.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your²⁹ beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat³⁰ of the land.

Now thou art commanded³¹, this do ye; take you wagons³² out of the land of Egypt for your³³ little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

¶ Also regard not³⁴ your stuff³⁵; for the good³⁶ of all the land of Egypt is yours.

And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons³⁷, according to the commandment³⁸ of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

To all³⁹ of them he gave each⁴⁰ man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin⁴¹ he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with⁴² the good things⁴³ of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat⁴⁴ for his father by the way.

So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that⁴⁵ ye fall not out by the way.

¶ And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

And told him, saying, Joseph⁴⁶ is yet alive, and he is⁴⁷ governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's⁴⁸ heart fainted, for he believed⁴⁹ them not.

And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit⁵⁰ of Jacob their father revived:

And Israel said, It is enough⁵¹; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.