1Joseph could not restrain himself before all who stood by him, so he called out, 'Have every man leave my presence.' No one remained with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.2He wept aloud, and the Egyptians heard it, and Pharaoh's household heard it.3Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?' His brothers could not answer him, because they were dismayed before him.4Joseph said to his brothers, 'Come close to me, please.' They came near, and he said, 'I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.'5And now do not be hurt and do not be incensed in your eyes because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you for recovery.6This is the second year of famine in the land, and five more years remain in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.7God sent me ahead of you to preserve a remnant for you in the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.8It was not you who sent me here, but God, and he has set me as a father to Pharaoh and as a lord over all his house and as a ruler over all the land of Egypt.9Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph: God has set me as a lord over all Egypt; come down to me; do not stand still.'10You shall live in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you own.11I will sustain you there, for there are still five years of famine, lest you and your house and all that belongs to you be dispossessed.12You yourselves see, and my brother Benjamin sees, that it is my own mouth speaking to you.13Tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and everything you have seen, and bring my father down here quickly.14He fell upon the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck.15He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.16The voice was heard in Pharaoh's household, saying, 'Joseph's brothers have come.' It was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants.17Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Say to your brothers: Do this—load your animals and go; come to the land of Canaan.'18Take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the goodness of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.19You are also commanded: do this; take for yourselves carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come.20Do not let your eye pity your articles, for the goodness of all the land of Egypt is yours.21The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them carts according to the mouth of Pharaoh, and he gave them provision for the way.22To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing, and to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.23To his father he sent ten donkeys carrying some of the goodness of Egypt, and ten female donkeys carrying grain and bread and food for his father for the way.24He sent his brothers away, and they went, and he said to them, 'Do not tremble on the way.'25They went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.26They told him, saying, 'Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.' His heart became numb, because he did not believe them.27They spoke to him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them, and he saw the carts that Joseph had sent to carry him, and the spirit of Jacob their father revived.28Israel said, 'It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.'