Genesis 45:16-28

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ When the king of Egypt and his ·officers [servants] ·learned [^Lheard the report] that Joseph’s brothers had come, ·they were very happy [^Lit was good in their eyes]. ¹⁷ So ·the king [^LPharaoh] said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers to load their ·animals [donkeys] and go back to the land of Canaan ¹⁸ and bring their father and their ·families [^Lhouseholds] back here to me. I will give them the best land in Egypt, and they will eat the ·best food we have here [^Lfat of the land; Ezek. 34:3; 39:19]. ¹⁹ ·Tell [Command] them to take some wagons from Egypt for their ·children [little ones] and their wives and to bring their father back also. ²⁰ Tell them not to ·worry [be troubled] about bringing any of their things with them, because we will give them the best of what we have in Egypt.”

²¹ So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them wagons as the king had ordered and ·food [provisions] for ·their trip [the way]. ²² He gave each ·brother [^Lof them] a change of clothes, but he gave Benjamin five changes of clothes and about ·seven and one-half pounds [^Lthree hundred pieces] of silver. ²³ Joseph also sent his father ten donkeys loaded with the best things from Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and other food for his father ·on his trip back [^Lfor the way]. ²⁴ Then Joseph told his brothers to go. As they were leaving, he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way home.”

²⁵ So the brothers left Egypt and went to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. ²⁶ They told him, “Joseph is still alive and is the ruler over all the land of Egypt.” ·Their father [^LHis heart] was ·shocked [stunned] and did not believe them. ²⁷ But when the brothers told him everything Joseph had said, and when Jacob saw the wagons Joseph had sent to carry him back to Egypt, ·he felt better [^Lthe spirit of Jacob their father came alive/revived]. ²⁸ Israel [^CJacob’s other name; 32:28] said, “·Now I believe you [Enough!]. My son Joseph is still alive, and I will go and see him before I die.”