Genesis 45:16-28

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁶ This report was heard in Pharaoh’s house: “Joseph’s brothers have come.” This pleased Pharaoh and his officials.

¹⁷ Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Load your animals. Travel quickly to the land of Canaan. ¹⁸ Get your father and your households, and return to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the rich food of the land. ¹⁹ Now I command you to do this: Take carts^[a] from the land of Egypt for your little ones and your wives, and bring your father here. ²⁰ Also, do not worry about your belongings, for the best of the whole land of Egypt is yours.’”

²¹ So that is what the sons of Israel did. Joseph gave them carts as Pharaoh had commanded, and he gave them supplies for the journey. ²² He gave each one of them a change of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing. ²³ He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and supplies for his father on the journey. ²⁴ So he dismissed his brothers, and they departed. He said to them, “See to it that you do not quarrel on the way.”

²⁵ They went up from Egypt and came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan. ²⁶ They told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” He was stunned^[b] because he did not believe them. ²⁷ They told Jacob every word that Joseph had said to them. When he saw the carts that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

²⁸ Israel said, “It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”