Bereshit 45

And Joseph could not restrain himself, because of the many standing before him; and he called: 'Let every man go out from my presence.' And no man stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

And he raised his voice in weeping; and the Egyptians heard, and Pharaoh's house heard.

Then Joseph said to his brothers: 'I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?' But they could not answer him — for they were dismayed before him.

Until he said to them: 'Come near to me' — and they came near. And he said: 'I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

And now — do not grieve, and let it not be hard upon you, that you sold me here; for God has sent me before you for sustenance.

For these two years the famine has been in the land; and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither sowing nor harvest.

And God has sent me before you, to make for you a remainder in the earth, and to keep alive for you a great deliverance.

And now — it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a master to Pharaoh, and a lord over all his house, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Hasten and go up to my father, and say to him: "Thus said your son Joseph: God has made me a lord over all the Egyptians; come down to me, do not delay.

And dwell in the land of al-Sadir (Goshen); and you shall be near me — you and your sons and your sons' sons, and your sheep and your cattle and all that you have.

And I shall sustain you there — for there remain five years of famine — lest you be brought to want, you and your household and all that you have."

And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

And tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and hasten, and bring him down here.'

And he fell upon the neck of Benjamin his brother, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

And he kissed all his brothers, and wept upon them; and after that his brothers spoke with him.

And the voice was raised — to Pharaoh, saying: 'Joseph's brothers have come.' And it pleased Pharaoh, and his officers.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph: 'Say to your brothers: do this — load your animals, and go, return to the land of Canaan.

And bring your father and your households, and come to me; I shall give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the choicest of what is in it.

And you are commanded to say to them: do this — take for yourselves from the land of Egypt wagons for your little ones and your wives, and bring your father, and come.

And let your eyes not spare your vessels — for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'

And the children of Israel did so. And Joseph gave them wagons, by Pharaoh's command; and he gave them provisions for the way.

And to each man he gave a robe; and to Benjamin he gave three hundred drachma, and five robes.

And to his father he sent ten donkeys laden with the best of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and food and provisions for his father for the way.

And he sent his brothers away, and they went; and he said to them: 'Do not be agitated on the way.'

And they went up from Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.

And they told him, and said to him: 'Joseph is still alive — and he is a ruler over all the land of Egypt.' And his heart wavered — for he did not trust them.

And they spoke with him all the words of Joseph which he had spoken to them; and he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him; and the spirit of Jacob their father was revived.

And Israel said: 'Enough — Joseph my son is still alive. I shall go and see him before I die.'