Joseph Sends for Jacob

45 Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he called out, “Have everyone go out from me.” So there ^[a]was no man with him ^(A)when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. ^2 (B)Then he ^[b]wept loudly. And the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. ³ Then Joseph said to his brothers, “^(C)I am Joseph! ^(D)Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for ^(E)they were terrified at his presence.

⁴ Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” And they came near. And he said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you ^(F)sold into Egypt. ⁵ So now do not be grieved or angry ^[c]with yourselves because ^(G)you sold me here, for ^(H)God sent me before you to preserve life. ⁶ For the famine has been in the land ^(I)these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. ^7 (J)So God sent me before you to establish for you a remnant in the earth and to keep you alive for a great remnant of survivors. ⁸ So now, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has set me as a ^(K)father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. ⁹ Hurry and go up to my father, and ^(L)say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, “God has set me as lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. ¹⁰ And you shall ^[d]live in the land of ^(M)Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have. ¹¹ There I will also ^(N)provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, lest you and your household and all that you have be impoverished.”’ ¹² And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you. ¹³ So you must tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and all that you have seen; and you must hurry and ^(O)bring my father down here.” ¹⁴ Then he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and ^(P)wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. ¹⁵ He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward his brothers talked with him.

¹⁶ Now ^(Q)the ^[e]news was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” And it was good in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants. ¹⁷ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and ^[f]go to the land of Canaan, ¹⁸ and take your father and your households and come to me, and ^(R)I will give you the ^[g]best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.’ ¹⁹ Now you are commanded, ‘Do this: ^[h]take ^(S)wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come. ²⁰ Now do not ^[i]concern yourselves with your goods, for the ^[j]best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

²¹ Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them ^(T)wagons according to the ^[k]command of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey. ²² To ^[l]each of them he gave ^(U)changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and ^(V)five changes of garments. ²³ Now to his father he sent ^[m]as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the ^[n]best things of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and sustenance for his father ^[o]on the journey.

²⁴ So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. And he said to them, “Do not be stirred up on the journey.” ²⁵ Then they went up from Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. ²⁶ And they told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” But ^[p]his heart was stunned, for ^(W)he did not believe them. ²⁷ Yet they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them, and he saw the ^(X)wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him. Then the spirit of their father Jacob revived. ²⁸ And Israel said, “It is enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”