Genesis, 45

1. Then Joseph could not control his feelings in front of all his retainers, and he exclaimed, 'Let everyone leave me.' No one therefore was present with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers,

1. Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

2. but he wept so loudly that all the Egyptians heard, and the news reached Pharaoh's palace.

2. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

3. Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am Joseph. Is my father really still alive?' His brothers could not answer him, they were so dumbfounded at seeing him.

3. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I [am] Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

4. Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'Come closer to me.' When they had come closer to him he said, 'I am your brother Joseph whom you sold into Egypt.

4. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

5. But now, do not grieve, do not reproach yourselves for having sold me here, since God sent me before you to preserve your lives.

5. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

6. For this is the second year there has been famine in the country, and there are still five years to come without ploughing or harvest.

6. For these two years [hath] the famine [been] in the land: and yet [there are] five years, in the which [there shall] neither [be] earing nor harvest.

7. God sent me before you to assure the survival of your race on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

7. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

8. So it was not you who sent me here but God, and he has set me up as a father to Pharaoh, as lord of all his household and governor of the whole of Egypt.

8. So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

9. 'Return quickly to your father and tell him, "Your son Joseph says this: 'God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

9. Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

10. You will live in the region of Goshen where you will be near me, you, your children and your grandchildren, your flocks, your cattle and all your possessions.

10. And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

11. There I shall provide for you -- for there are five years of famine still to come -- so that you, your household and all yours are not reduced to penury.' "

11. And there will I nourish thee; for yet [there are] five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

12. You can see with your own eyes, and my brother Benjamin can see too, that I am who I say I am.

12. And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth that speaketh unto you.

13. Give my father a full report of all the honour I enjoy in Egypt, and of all you have seen; and quickly bring my father down here.'

13. And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

14. Then throwing his arms round the neck of his brother Benjamin he wept; and Benjamin wept on his shoulder.

14. And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

15. He kissed all his brothers, weeping on each one. Only then were his brothers able to talk to him.

15. Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

16. News reached Pharaoh's palace that Joseph's brothers had come, and Pharaoh was pleased to hear it, as were his servants.

16. And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

17. Pharaoh told Joseph, 'Say to your brothers, "Do this: load your beasts and hurry away to Canaan.

17. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

18. Fetch your father and your families, and come back to me. I will give you the best territory in Egypt, where you will live off the fat of the land."

18. And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

19. And you, for your part, give them this order: "Do this: take waggons from Egypt, for your little ones and your wives. Get your father and come.

19. Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

20. Never mind about your property, for the best of all Egypt will be yours." '

20. Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt [is] yours.

21. Israel's sons did as they were told. Joseph gave them waggons as Pharaoh had ordered, and he gave them provisions for the journey.

21. And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

22. To each and every one he gave new clothes, and to Benjamin three hundred shekels of silver and five changes of clothes.

22. To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred [pieces] of silver, and five changes of raiment.

23. And to his father he sent ten donkeys laden with the best that Egypt offered, and ten she-donkeys laden with grain, bread and food for his father's journey.

23. And to his father he sent after this [manner]; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

24. And so he sent his brothers on their way. His final words to them were, 'And let there be no upsets on the way!'

24. So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

25. And so they left Egypt. When they reached their father Jacob in Canaan,

25. And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

26. they gave him this report, 'Joseph is still alive. He is at this moment governor of all Egypt!' But he was as one stunned, for he did not believe them.

26. And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.

27. However, when they told him all Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the waggons that Joseph had sent to fetch him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived,

27. And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

28. and Israel said, 'That is enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I must go and see him before I die.'

28. And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is] yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.