Genesis 45:1–15

Joseph Deals Kindly with His Brothers

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

^2aHe ¹wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of 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 dismayed at his presence.

⁴Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come ¹closer to me.” And they came closer. And he said, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you ^asold into Egypt.

⁵“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“^aGod sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great ¹deliverance.

⁸“Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me 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 made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

¹⁰“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, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished.” ’

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

¹³“Now you must tell my father of all my splendor 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.