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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 And he wept aloud: and the Egyp­tians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 And, be­hold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my broth­er Ben­jamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 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 And he fell upon his broth­er Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Ben­jamin wept upon his neck. 15 More­over he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and af­ter that his brethren talked with him. 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 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 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 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 Also re­gard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 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 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 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 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 they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Ja­cob their fa­ther, 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 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, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him be­fore I die.