¹¹ I will provide for you there,^(A) because five years of famine^(B) are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’^(C)

¹² “You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin,^(D) that it is really I who am speaking to you.^{(E) 13} Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt^(F) and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.^(G)”

¹⁴ Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin^(H) embraced him,^(I) weeping. ¹⁵ And he kissed^(J) all his brothers and wept over them.^(K) Afterward his brothers talked with him.^(L)

¹⁶ When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace that Joseph’s brothers had come,^(M) Pharaoh and all his officials^(N) were pleased.^{(O) 17} Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals^(P) and return to the land of Canaan,^{(Q) 18} and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt^(R) and you can enjoy the fat of the land.’^(S)

¹⁹ “You are also directed to tell them, ‘Do this: Take some carts^(T) from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come. ²⁰ Never mind about your belongings,^(U) because the best of all Egypt^(V) will be yours.’”

²¹ So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts,^(W) as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.^{(X) 22} To each of them he gave new clothing,^(Y) but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels^[a] of silver and five sets of clothes.^{(Z) 23} And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys^(AA) loaded with the best things^(AB) of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey.^{(AC) 24} Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way!”^(AD)

²⁵ So they went up out of Egypt^(AE) and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.^{(AF) 26} They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.”^(AG) Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them.^{(AH) 27} But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts^(AI) Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. ²⁸ And Israel said, “I’m convinced!^(AJ) My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”^(AK)