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45:1  Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who 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.
45:2  And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
45:3  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.
45:4  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.
45:5  Now therefore be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
45:6  For these two years hath the famine been in the land, and yet there are five years in which there shall neither be planting nor harvest.
45:7  And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
45:8  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.
45:9  Hasten 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;
45:10  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.
45:11  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.’
45:12  And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
45:13  And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall make haste and bring down my father hither.”
45:14  And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
45:15  Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and after that his brethren talked with him.
45:16  And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brethren have come”; and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
45:17  And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, “Say unto thy brethren, ‘This do ye: Load your beasts and go, get you unto the land of Canaan.
45:18  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.’
45:19  Now thou art commanded, this do ye: ‘Take with you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
45:20  Also, regard not your possessions, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
45:21  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.
45:22  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.
45:23  And to his father he sent in this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten sheasses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father on the way.
45:24  So he sent his brethren away, and they departed; and he said unto them, “See that ye fall not out on the way.”
45:25  And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
45:26  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.
45:27  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.
45:28  And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive! I will go and see him before I die.”