Genesis 45

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1. 1Joseph could no longer control his emotions in front of everyone standing around him. He called out, "Make everyone leave my presence!" So no one else remained with him when Joseph revealed who he was to his brothers.
2. 2He sobbed so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and word reached Pharaoh's household.
3. 3Joseph told his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" But his brothers were unable to respond, because they were troubled to be standing before him.
4. 4Joseph said to his brothers, "Please, step closer to me." So they moved closer. Then he said, "I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt."
5. 5"But don't be upset or blame yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life."
6. 6"The famine has lasted two years in the land so far, and there are still five more years during which no one will plow or harvest."
7. 7"God sent me ahead of you to ensure you would have descendants surviving on the earth, and to rescue you through a great deliverance."
8. 8"So it was not really you who sent me here, but God. He has made me like a father to Pharaoh, master over his entire household, and ruler of the whole land of Egypt."
9. 9"Hurry back to my father and tell him, 'Your son Joseph says this: God has made me lord over all of Egypt. Come down to me without delay.'"
10. 10"You will settle in the region of Goshen and be close to me — you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you own."
11. 11"I will provide for you there, since five years of famine still remain, so that you, your household, and everything belonging to you will not fall into poverty."
12. 12Look, you can see with your own eyes, and my brother Benjamin can see, that it is my mouth speaking to you.
13. 13"Tell my father about all my glory in Egypt and everything you have witnessed. Then quickly bring my father down here."
14. 14Then he threw his arms around his brother Benjamin's neck and cried, and Benjamin cried on his neck as well.
15. 15He also kissed each of his brothers and wept over them. After that, his brothers began talking with him.
16. 16News reached Pharaoh's palace that Joseph's brothers had arrived, and Pharaoh and his officials were pleased.
17. 17Pharaoh told Joseph, "Say to your brothers, 'Do this: load up your animals and travel back to the land of Canaan.'"
18. 18Then bring your father and your families and come to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.
19. 19"You are also instructed to do this: take wagons from Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father back here."
20. 20"Don't worry about your belongings, because the best of the entire land of Egypt will be yours."
21. 21The sons of Israel did as instructed. Joseph provided them with wagons as Pharaoh had ordered and supplied them with food for the journey.
22. 22To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave 300 pieces of silver and 5 changes of clothing.
23. 23To his father he sent the following: ten donkeys carrying the finest products of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and other food for the trip.
24. 24Then he sent his brothers on their way. As they left, he told them, "Don't quarrel with each other along the road."
25. 25They traveled up from Egypt and arrived in the land of Canaan, where their father Jacob was.
26. 26They told him, "Joseph is still alive! He is the ruler over the entire land of Egypt." Jacob's heart went numb, because he did not believe them.
27. 27But when they repeated everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons Joseph had sent to transport him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.
28. 28And Israel said, "It is enough; my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."