¹⁹“You are also directed to tell them, ‘Do this: Take some carts^x from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come. ²⁰Never mind about your belongings,^y because the best of all Egypt^z will be yours.’ ”

²¹So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts,^a as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.^b ²²To each of them he gave new clothing,^c but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels^b of silver and five sets of clothes.^d ²³And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys^e loaded with the best things^f of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey.^g ²⁴Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, “Don’t quarrel on the way!”^h

²⁵So they went up out of Egyptⁱ and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.^j ²⁶They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.”^k Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them.^l ²⁷But when they told him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts^m Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

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Footnotes

bThat is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms

Cross references

xver 21, 27; Ge 46:5; Nu 7:3–8
y Ge 46:6, 32
zSee ver 18
aSee ver 19
bSee Ge 42:25
cSee Ge 24:53
dSee Ge 37:3; See 41:14; Jdg 14:12, 13; 2 Ki 5:22
eSee Ge 42:26
fSee Ge 24:10
gSee Ge 42:25
h Ge 42:21–22
i Ge 13:1
j Ge 42:29
kSee Ge 41:41
lSee Ge 44:28; 1 Ki 10:7
mSee ver 19