Genesis 45
1 Joseph could no longer contain himself before all those standing around him, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So no one remained with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
2 He wept aloud, and the Egyptians heard him; Pharaoh’s household heard too.
3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come closer to me.” They came closer, and he said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
5 Now, do not grieve or be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve lives.
6 For there have been two years of famine in the land, and there will still be five years without plowing or harvest.
7 God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant in the land and to keep you alive through a great deliverance.
8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over the whole land of Egypt.
9 Hurry, go up to my father and tell him, ‘Your son Joseph says this: “God has made me lord over all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.
10 You will live in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you own.
11 There I will provide for you, because there will still be five years of famine. Otherwise you, your household, and everything you own will come to poverty.”’
12 Look, you and my brother Benjamin can see with your own eyes that it is my own mouth speaking to you.
13 Tell my father about all the honor I have in Egypt and everything you have seen. Hurry and bring my father here.”
14 He threw his arms around his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
15 He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After that, his brothers spoke with him.
16 The news reached Pharaoh’s household: “Joseph’s brothers have arrived.” This pleased Pharaoh and his servants.
17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: load your animals and go to the land of Canaan.
18 Take your father and your families and come to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the richness of the land.’
19 You are commanded to tell them, ‘Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your children and wives, bring your father, and come.
20 Do not worry about your belongings, because the best of the whole land of Egypt will be yours.’”
21 The children of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons, as Pharaoh had ordered, and provisions for the journey.
22 He gave each of them a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothes.
23 For his father he sent this: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provisions for his father on the journey.
24 Then he sent his brothers away, and they left. He said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.”
25 They went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.
26 They told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he rules the whole land of Egypt.” But his heart went numb, because he did not believe them.
27 But when they told him all the words Joseph had said, and he saw the wagons Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.
28 Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”
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