45:1Then
Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood before him; and he cried, Cause every
man to go out from me. And there stood no
man with him, while
Joseph made himself known unto his
brethren.
45:2And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, and the
house of
Pharaoh heard.
45:3And
Joseph said unto his
brethren,
I am Joseph; doth my
father yet live? And his
brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his
presence.
45:4And
Joseph said unto his
brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said,
I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into
Egypt.
45:5And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for
God did send me before you to preserve
life.
45:6For these two
years hath the
famine been in the land: and there are yet five
years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.
45:7And
God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the
earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
45:8So now it was not you that sent me hither, but
God: and he hath made me a
father to
Pharaoh, and
lord of all his
house, and ruler over all the land of
Egypt.
45:9Haste ye, and go up to my
father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son
Joseph,
God hath made me
lord of all
Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not;
45:10and thou shalt dwell in the land of
Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy
flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
45:11and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five
years of
famine; lest thou come to
poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.
45:12And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother
Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
45:13And ye shall tell my
father of all my
glory in
Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my
father hither.
45:14And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's
neck, and wept; and
Benjamin wept upon his
neck.
45:15And he kissed all his
brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his
brethren talked with him.
45:16And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's
house, saying, Joseph's
brethren are come: and it pleased
Pharaoh well, and his
servants.
45:17And
Pharaoh said unto
Joseph, Say unto thy
brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of
Canaan;
45:18and 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 fat of the land.
45:19Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of
Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your
father, and come.
45:20Also regard not your stuff; for the
good of all the land of
Egypt is yours.
45:21And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 45:22To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. 45:23And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way. 45:24So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. 45:25And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. 45:26And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not. 45:27And 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 spirit of Jacob their father revived: 45:28and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
