Genesis 45:1–15

Joseph Sends for Jacob

¹Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he called out, “Have everyone go out from me.” So there ¹was no man with him ^awhen Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

^2aThen he ¹wept loudly. And the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.

³Then Joseph said to his brothers, “^aI am Joseph! ^bIs my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for ^cthey were terrified at his presence.

⁴Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” And they came near. And he said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you ^asold into Egypt.

⁵“So now do not be grieved or angry ¹with yourselves because ^ayou sold me here, for ^bGod sent me before you to preserve life.

⁶“For the famine has been in the land ^athese two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

⁷“^aSo God sent me before you to establish for you a remnant in the earth and to keep you alive for a great remnant of survivors.

⁸“So now, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has set me as a ^afather to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

⁹“Hurry and go up to my father, and ^asay to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, “God has set me as lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

¹⁰“And you shall ¹live in the land of ^aGoshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

¹¹“There I will also ^aprovide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, lest you and your household and all that you have be impoverished.” ’

¹²“And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you.

¹³“So you must tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and all that you have seen; and you must hurry and ^abring my father down here.”

¹⁴Then he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and ^awept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

¹⁵He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward his brothers talked with him.