1 Joseph could no longer hold himself back in front of all his attendants, and he called out, "Have everyone leave my presence!" So no one else was with him when Joseph revealed himself to his brothers.
2 He wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and Pharaoh's household heard of it.
3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father really still living?" But his brothers could not answer him, so shaken were they in his presence.
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to me." When they had come closer, he said, "I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.
5 But now, do not be distressed, and do not reproach yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.
6 For two years now the famine has been in the land, and for five more years there will be no plowing and no harvest.
7 God sent me ahead of you to secure for you a remnant on the earth and to keep you alive by a great rescue.
8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, master of his entire household, and ruler over the whole land of Egypt.
9 Go back quickly to my father and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me master of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
10 You will live in the region of Goshen and be near me, you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
11 I will provide for you there, since five years of famine are still to come; otherwise you and your household and all who are yours will fall into poverty.'
12 You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that it is I myself who am speaking to you.
13 Tell my father about all the glory I have in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And hurry, bring my father down here."
14 Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
15 He kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers talked with him.
16 When word reached Pharaoh's palace that Joseph's brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this: load your animals and go back to the land of Canaan.
18 Bring your father and your families and come to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will feed on the richness of the land.'
19 You are also to tell them, 'Do this: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and your wives, and bring your father and come.
20 Never mind your belongings, for the best of the whole land of Egypt will be yours.'"
21 The children of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts as Pharaoh had ordered, and he gave them supplies for the journey.
22 He gave each of them a set of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of clothes.
23 To his father he sent the following: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and other food for his father's journey.
24 Then he sent his brothers off, and as they were leaving he told them, "Do not get agitated on the way."
25 So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
26 They told him, "Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler over the whole land of Egypt." Jacob's heart went cold, for he did not believe them.
27 But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob came back to life.
28 "Enough!" said Israel. "My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."