Genesis Chapter 45

Genesis Chapter 45
1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself
before all that stood by him, but he
cried, Have forth every man from me.
And there tarried not one with him,
while Joseph uttered himself unto his
brethren.
2 And he wept and cried, so that the
Egyptians heard: the house of Pharaoh
heard also.
3 Then Joseph said to his brethren, I am
Joseph: doth my father yet live? But his
brethren could not answer him, for they
were astonished at his presence. 4
Again, Joseph said to his brethren, Come
near, I pray you, to me. And they came
near. And he said, I am Joseph your
brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5
Now therefore be not sad, neither
grieved with yourselves, that ye sold me
hither: for God did send me before you
for your preservation. 6 For now two
years of famine have been through the
land, and five years are behind, wherein
neither shall be earing nor harvest. 7
Wherefore God sent me before you to
preserve your posterity in this land, and
to save you alive by a great deliverance.
8 Now then you sent not me hither, but
God, who hath made me a father unto
Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and
ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 9
Haste you and go up to my father, and
tell him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God
hath made me lord of all Egypt: come
down to me, tarry not. 10 And thou shalt
dwell in the land of Goshen, and shalt be
near me, thou and thy children, and thy
children’s children, and thy sheep, and
thy beasts, and all that thou hast.
11 Also I will nourish thee there (for yet
remain five years of famine) lest thou
perish through poverty, thou and thy
household, and all that thou hast. 12 And
behold, your eyes do see, and the eyes of
my brother Benjamin, that my mouth
speaketh to you.
13 Therefore tell my father of all mine
honor in Egypt, and of all that ye have
seen, and make haste, and bring my
father hither.
14 Then he fell on his brother
Benjamin’s neck, and wept, and
Benjamin wept on his neck.
15 Moreover, he kissed all his brethren,
and wept upon them: and afterward his
brethren talked with him.
16 And the tidings came unto Pharaoh’s
house, so that they said, Joseph’s
brethren are come: and it pleased
Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17 Then
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say to thy
brethren, This do ye, lade your beasts
and depart, go 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 ye shall eat of the fat of the land. 19
And I command thee, Thus do ye, take
you chariots out of the land of Egypt for
your children, and for your wives, and
bring your father and come. 20 Also
regard not your stuff: for the best of all
the land of Egypt is yours. 21 And the
children of Israel did so: and Joseph
gave them chariots according to the
commandment of Pharaoh: he gave them
victual also for the journey. 22 He gave
them all, none except, change of raiment:
but unto Benjamin he gave three hundred
pieces of silver, and five suits of
raiment. 23 And unto his father likewise
he sent ten he asses laden with the best
things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden
with wheat, and bread, and meat for his
father by the way.
24 So sent he his brethren away, and
they departed: and he said unto them,
Fall not out by the way.
25 Then they went up from Egypt, and
came unto the land of Canaan unto Jacob
their father,
26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet
alive, and he also is governor over all
the land of Egypt, and Jacob’s heart
failed: for he believed them not. 27 And
they told him all the words of Joseph,
which he had said unto them: but when
he saw the chariots, which Joseph had
sent to carry him, then the spirit of Jacob
their father revived.
28 And Israel said, I have enough:
Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and
see him before I die.