1 And Joseph had not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he called, “Put out every man from me.” And no man had stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers, 2 and he gave out his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph, is my father yet alive?” And his brothers had not been able to answer him, for they had been troubled at his presence. 4 And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me,” and they came near. And he said, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 And now, do not be grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that you sold me here, for God has sent me before you to preserve life. 6 Because these two years the famine was in the heart of the land, and yet five years remain in which there is neither plowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you, to place a remnant of you in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape. 8 And now, you have not sent me here, but God, and He set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry, and go up to my father, then you have said to him, your son Joseph says this: God has set me for lord to all Egypt. Come down to me, do not stand around, 10 and you have stayed in the land of Goshen, and been near to me, you and your sons, and your son’s sons, and your flock, and your herd, and all that you have, 11 and I have nourished you there—for yet are five years of famine—lest you become poor, you and your household, and all that you have. 12 And look, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you. 13 And you have declared to my father all my glory in Egypt, and all that you have seen, and you have hurried, and have brought down my father here.” 14 And he fell on the neck of his brother Benjamin, and wept, and Benjamin had wept on his neck. 15 And he kissed all his brothers, and wept over them. And afterward his brothers had spoken with him. 16 And the sound had been heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, “The brothers of Joseph have come.” And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, 17 and Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, This you do: load your beasts, and go, enter the land of Canaan, 18 and take your father, and your households, and come to me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and you eat the fat of the land. 19 Indeed, you have been commanded: this you do, take for yourselves out of the land of Egypt, wagons for your infants, and for your wives, and you have brought your father, and come. 20 And your eye has no pity on your vessels, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.” 21 And the sons of Israel did so, and Joseph gave wagons to them by the command of Pharaoh, and he gave to them provision for the way. 22 To all of them had he given—to each changes of garments, and to Benjamin he had given 300 pieces of silver, and five changes of garments. 23 And to his father he had sent this: ten donkeys carrying of the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys carrying grain and bread, even food for his father for the way. 24 And he sent his brothers away, and they go. And he said to them, “Do not be angry in the way.” 25 And they go up out of Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob, 26 and they declared to him, saying, “Joseph is yet alive,” and that he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart ceased, for he had not given credence to them. 27 And they spoke to him all the words of Joseph, which he had spoken to them, and he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him away, and the spirit of their father Jacob lived. 28 and Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is yet alive. I go and see him before I die.”