Genesis - 45

1 - Then Joseph - could not refrain himself before all them that stood by 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.

2 - And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

3 - And 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.

4 - And 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 - .

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

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

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

8 - So 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 a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt - .

9 - Haste 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:

10 - And 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:

11 - And 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.

12 - And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin - , that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

13 - And 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.

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

15 - Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

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

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

18 - 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 fat of the land.

19 - Now 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.

20 - Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt - is yours.

21 - And the children of Israel - did so: and Joseph - gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

22 - To 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.

23 - And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt - , and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

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

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

26 - And told him, saying, Joseph - is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt - . And Jacob - 's heart fainted, for he believed them not.

27 - 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 spirit of Jacob - their father revived:

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