8 October 2022 draft-bible
1 Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, Get everyone out from me! And no one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph! Does my father still live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were terrified at this presence. 4 And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, please.
And they came near, and he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 Now, do not be distressed, nor angry with yourselves for selling me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years in which there will be no plowing and no harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my father, and tell him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not wait. 10 And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, and your children, and your children’s children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have. 11 And there I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine, lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have. 12 And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. 13 And you shall tell my father of all my power in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall hurry and bring my father down here.
14 And he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. 15 And he kissed all his brothers, and wept on them; and after that his brothers talked with him.
16 And the report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brothers have come. And it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Tell your brothers, Do this: load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan. 18 And take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land. 19 Now you are commanded; do this: take yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also, do not concern yourselves about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21 And the sons of Israel did so, and Joseph gave them wagons, as Pharaoh had commanded, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing. 23 And to his father he sent the following: ten male donkeys loaded with some of the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father for the way. 24 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed; and he said to them, See that you do not quarrel along the way.
25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father. 26 And they told him, saying, Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart was numb, for he did not believe them. 27 And they told him all the things that Joseph had said to 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, It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.
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