1 Then Joseph * h3130 could * h3201 h8804 not refrain * h662 h8692 himself before all them that stood * h5324 h8737 by him; and he cried * h7121 h8799, Cause * h3318 every man * h376 to go out * h3318 h8685 from me. And there stood * h5975 h8804 no man * h376 with him, while Joseph * h3130 made himself known * h3045 h8692 unto his brethren * h251.
2 And he wept * h6963 * h1065 aloud * h5414 h8799: and the Egyptians * h4714 and the house * h1004 of Pharaoh * h6547 heard * h8085 h8799 * h8085 h8799. wept...: Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping
3 And Joseph * h3130 said * h559 h8799 unto his brethren * h251, I am Joseph * h3130; doth my father * h1 yet live * h2416? And his brethren * h251 could * h3201 h8804 not answer * h6030 h8800 him; for they were troubled * h926 h8738 at his presence * h6440. troubled: or, terrified
4 And Joseph * h3130 said * h559 h8799 unto his brethren * h251, Come near * h5066 h8798 to me, I pray you. And they came near * h5066 h8799. And he said * h559 h8799, I am Joseph * h3130 your brother * h251, whom ye sold * h4376 h8804 into Egypt * h4714.
5 Now therefore be not grieved * h6087 h8735, nor angry * h2734 h8799 with yourselves * h5869, that ye sold * h4376 h8804 me hither: for God * h430 did send * h7971 h8804 me before you * h6440 to preserve life * h4241. nor...: Heb. neither let there be anger in your eyes
6 For these two years * h8141 hath the famine * h7458 been in * h7130 the land * h776: and yet there are five * h2568 years * h8141, in the which there shall neither * h369 be earing * h2758 nor harvest * h7105.
7 And God * h430 sent * h7971 h8799 me before you * h6440 to preserve * h7760 h8800 you a posterity * h7611 in the earth * h776, and to save your lives * h2421 h8687 by a great * h1419 deliverance * h6413. to preserve...: Heb. to put for you a remnant
8 So now it was not you that sent * h7971 h8804 me hither, but God * h430: and he hath made * h7760 h8799 me a father * h1 to Pharaoh * h6547, and lord * h113 of all his house * h1004, and a ruler * h4910 h8802 throughout all the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714.
9 Haste * h4116 h8761 ye, and go up * h5927 h8798 to my father * h1, and say * h559 h8804 unto him, Thus saith * h559 h8804 thy son * h1121 Joseph * h3130, God * h430 hath made * h7760 h8804 me lord * h113 of all Egypt * h4714: come down * h3381 h8798 unto me, tarry * h5975 h8799 not:
10 And thou shalt dwell * h3427 h8804 in the land * h776 of Goshen * h1657, and thou shalt be near * h7138 unto me, thou, and thy children * h1121, and thy children's * h1121 children * h1121, and thy flocks * h6629, and thy herds * h1241, and all that thou hast:
11 And there will I nourish * h3557 h8773 thee; for yet there are five * h2568 years * h8141 of famine * h7458; lest thou, and thy household * h1004, and all that thou hast, come to poverty * h3423 h8735.
12 And, behold, your eyes * h5869 see * h7200 h8802, and the eyes * h5869 of my brother * h251 Benjamin * h1144, that it is my mouth * h6310 that speaketh * h1696 h8764 unto you.
13 And ye shall tell * h5046 h8689 my father * h1 of all my glory * h3519 in Egypt * h4714, and of all that ye have seen * h7200 h8804; and ye shall haste * h4116 h8765 and bring down * h3381 h8689 my father * h1 hither.
14 And he fell * h5307 h8799 upon his brother * h251 Benjamin's * h1144 neck * h6677, and wept * h1058 h8799; and Benjamin * h1144 wept * h1058 h8804 upon his neck * h6677.
15 Moreover he kissed * h5401 h8762 all his brethren * h251, and wept * h1058 h8799 upon them: and after * h310 that his brethren * h251 talked * h1696 h8765 with him.
16 And the fame * h6963 thereof was heard * h8085 h8738 in Pharaoh's * h6547 house * h1004, saying * h559 h8800, Joseph's * h3130 brethren * h251 are come * h935 h8804: and it pleased * h3190 * h5869 Pharaoh * h6547 well * h3190 h8799 * h5869, and * h5869 his servants * h5650. pleased...: Heb. was good in the eyes of Pharaoh
17 And Pharaoh * h6547 said * h559 h8799 unto Joseph * h3130, Say * h559 h8798 unto thy brethren * h251, This do * h6213 h8798 ye; lade * h2943 h8798 your beasts * h1165, and go * h3212 h8798, get * h935 h8798 you unto the land * h776 of Canaan * h3667;
18 And take * h3947 h8798 your father * h1 and your households * h1004, and come * h935 h8798 unto me: and I will give * h5414 h8799 you the good * h2898 of the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714, and ye shall eat * h398 h8798 the fat * h2459 of the land * h776.
19 Now thou art commanded * h6680 h8795, this do * h6213 h8798 ye; take * h3947 h8798 you wagons * h5699 out of the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714 for your little ones * h2945, and for your wives * h802, and bring * h5375 h8804 your father * h1, and come * h935 h8804.
20 Also * h5869 regard * h2347 h8799 not your stuff * h3627; for the good * h2898 of all the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714 is yours. regard...: Heb. let not your eye spare, etc.
21 And the children * h1121 of Israel * h3478 did * h6213 h8799 so: and Joseph * h3130 gave * h5414 h8799 them wagons * h5699, according to the commandment * h6310 of Pharaoh * h6547, and gave * h5414 h8799 them provision * h6720 for the way * h1870. commandment: Heb. mouth
22 To all of them he gave * h5414 h8804 each man * h376 changes * h2487 of raiment * h8071; but to Benjamin * h1144 he gave * h5414 h8804 three * h7969 hundred * h3967 pieces of silver * h3701, and five * h2568 changes * h2487 of raiment * h8071.
23 And to his father * h1 he sent * h7971 h8804 after this * h2063 manner ; ten * h6235 asses * h860 laden * h5375 h8802 with the good things * h2898 of Egypt * h4714, and ten * h6235 she asses * h2543 laden * h5375 h8802 with corn * h1250 and bread * h3899 and meat * h4202 for his father * h1 by the way * h1870. laden...: Heb. carrying
24 So he sent * h7971 his brethren * h251 away * h7971 h8762, and they departed * h3212 h8799: and he said * h559 h8799 unto them, See that ye fall not out * h7264 h8799 by the way * h1870.
25 And they went up * h5927 h8799 out of Egypt * h4714, and came * h935 h8799 into the land * h776 of Canaan * h3667 unto Jacob * h3290 their father * h1,
26 And told * h5046 h8686 him, saying * h559 h8800, Joseph * h3130 is yet alive * h2416, and he is governor * h4910 h8802 over all the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714. And Jacob's heart * h3820 fainted * h6313 h8799, for he believed * h539 h8689 them not. Jacob's: Heb. his
27 And they told * h1696 h8762 him all the words * h1697 of Joseph * h3130, which he had said * h1696 h8765 unto them: and when he saw * h7200 h8799 the wagons * h5699 which Joseph * h3130 had sent * h7971 h8804 to carry * h5375 h8800 him, the spirit * h7307 of Jacob * h3290 their father * h1 revived * h2421 h8799:
28 And Israel * h3478 said * h559 h8799, It is enough * h7227; Joseph * h3130 my son * h1121 is yet alive * h2416: I will go * h3212 h8799 and see him * h7200 h8799 before I die * h4191 h8799.