⁹ Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

⁹ “And the patriarchs, ^(A)jealous of Joseph, ^(B)sold him into Egypt; but ^(C)God was with him ¹⁰ and rescued him out of all his afflictions and ^(D)gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, ^(E)who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. ¹¹ Now ^(F)there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food. ^12 (G)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit. ¹³ And ^(H)on the second visit ^(I)Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and ^(J)Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh. ¹⁴ And ^(K)Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, ^(L)seventy-five persons in all.

¹⁵ that you may be blameless and innocent, ^(A)children of God ^(B)without blemish ^(C)in the midst of ^(D)a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine ^(E)as lights in the world,

^10 (A)It grew great, ^(B)even to the host of heaven. And some of the host ^(C)and some^[a] of ^(D)the stars it threw down to the ground and ^(E)trampled on them.

God's Good Purposes

¹⁵ When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” ¹⁶ So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: ¹⁷ ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of ^(A)the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. ¹⁸ His brothers also came and ^(B)fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” ¹⁹ But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for ^(C)am I in the place of God? ²⁰ As for you, you meant evil against me, but ^(D)God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people^[a] should be kept alive, as they are today. ²¹ So do not fear; ^(E)I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

¹² And Joseph ^(A)provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

²⁹ Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and ^(A)fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

⁹ Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry.

¹⁹ My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’