1 约瑟在所有侍立在他左右的人面前， 不能自制， 就喊叫说： "叫各人都离开我出去。"这样， 约瑟向他的兄弟们表白自己身分的时候， 没有别人在场。 2 于是他放声大哭， 埃及人听到了； 法老一家也听闻这事。 3 约瑟对他的兄弟们说： "我就是约瑟， 我的父亲还在吗？"他的兄弟们不能回答他， 因为他们在约瑟面前都非常惊惶。 4 约瑟对他的兄弟们说： "请你们上前来。"他们就上前去。他说： "我就是被你们卖到埃及的弟弟约瑟。 5 现在你们不要因为把我卖到这里来， 而自忧自责。这原是 神差派我在你们以先来这里， 为要保全性命。 6 现在这地的饥荒已经有两年了， 还有五年不能耕种， 也没有收成。 7 神差派我在你们以先来这里， 为要给你们在地上留下余种， 大大施行拯救， 保全你们的性命。 8 这样看来， 差派我到这里来的， 不是你们， 而是 神。他立我作法老之父， 作他全家之主， 又作全埃及地的首相。 9 你们要赶快上到我父亲那里去， 对他说： ‘你的儿子约瑟这样说： 神立我作了全埃及的主； 请你下到我这里来， 不要耽延。 10 你和你的众儿孙、牛羊， 以及你一切所有的， 都可以住在歌珊地， 与我相近。 11 我要在那里供养你， 因为还有五年的饥荒， 免得你和你的家人， 以及你一切所有的， 都陷入穷困里。’ 12 看哪， 你们和我弟弟便雅悯都亲眼看见， 是我亲口对你们说话。 13 你们也要把我在埃及的一切尊荣， 和你们所看见的一切， 都告诉我的父亲， 又要赶快把我的父亲接到这里来。" 14 于是， 约瑟伏在他弟弟便雅悯的颈项上， 哭起来了； 便雅悯也伏在约瑟的颈项上哭。 15 他又与众兄弟亲嘴， 拥抱着他们哭。然后， 他的兄弟们就跟他说话。 16 消息传到法老的家里， 说： "约瑟的兄弟们来了。"法老和他的臣仆都很高兴。 17 法老对约瑟说： "你要对你的兄弟们说： ‘你们要这样作： 使你们的牲口载满货物， 起程到迦南地去， 18 把你们的父亲和家人都接到我这里来； 我要把埃及地美好的产物赐给你们， 你们也可以吃这地肥美的食物。’ 19 现在我再吩咐你对他们说： ‘你们要这样作： 从埃及地带些车辆回去， 用来接你们的孩子和妻子， 并且把你们的父亲接来。 20 不要顾惜你们的家具， 因为埃及全地美好的产物都是你们的。’" 21 以色列的儿子们就照样作了。约瑟照着法老所吩咐的， 给了他们一些车辆和路上用的食物。 22 又给了他们各人一套新衣服， 但是给便雅悯三千四百二十克银子和五套衣服。 23 约瑟送去给他父亲的， 有公驴十头， 载着埃及美好的产物， 以及母驴十头， 载着五谷、饼和给他父亲在路上用的食物。 24 于是， 约瑟打发他的兄弟们回去， 他们走的时候， 约瑟对他们说： "你们在路上不要争吵。" 25 他们离开埃及， 上到迦南地他们父亲雅各那里去， 26 告诉他， 说： "约瑟还在， 并且作了埃及全地的首相。"雅各的心冷淡麻木， 因为他不相信他们。 27 他们就把约瑟对他们所说的一切话， 都告诉了他。他们的父亲雅各看见了约瑟派来接他的车辆， 心才苏醒过来。 28 以色列说： "够了！ 约瑟我的儿子还在； 在我还没有死以前， 我要去看看他。"

1 And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calleth, `Put out every man from me;` and no man hath stood with him when Joseph maketh himself known unto his brethren,2 and he giveth forth his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians hear, and the house of Pharaoh heareth.3 And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `I [am] Joseph, is my father yet alive?` and his brethren have not been able to answer him, for they have been troubled at his presence.4 And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,` and they come nigh; and he saith, `I [am] Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;5 and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.6 `Because these two years the famine [is] in the heart of the land, and yet [are] five years, [in] which there is neither ploughing nor harvest;7 and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;8 and now, ye -- ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.9 `Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not,10 and thou hast dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near unto me, thou and thy sons, and thy son`s sons, and thy flock, and thy herd, and all that thou hast,11 and I have nourished thee there -- for yet [are] five years of famine -- lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.12 `And lo, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth which is speaking unto you;13 and ye have declared to my father all my honour in Egypt, and all that ye have seen, and ye have hasted, and have brought down my father hither.`14 And he falleth on the neck of Benjamin his brother, and weepeth, and Benjamin hath wept on his neck;15 and he kisseth all his brethren, and weepeth over them; and afterwards have his brethren spoken with him.16 And the sound hath been heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, `Come have the brethren of Joseph;` and it is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants,17 and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan,18 and take your father, and your households, and come unto me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and eat ye the fat of the land.19 `Yea, thou -- thou hast been commanded: this do ye, take for yourselves out of the land of Egypt, waggons for your infants, and for your wives, and ye have brought your father, and come;20 and your eye hath no pity on your vessels, for the good of all the land of Egypt [is] yours.`21 And the sons of Israel do so, and Joseph giveth waggons to them by the command of Pharaoh, and he giveth to them provision for the way;22 to all of them hath he given -- to each changes of garments, and to Benjamin he hath given three hundred silverlings, and five changes of garments;23 and to his father he hath sent thus: ten asses bearing of the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses bearing corn and bread, even food for his father for the way.24 And he sendeth his brethren away, and they go; and he saith unto them, `Be not angry in the way.`25 And they go up out of Egypt, and come in to the land of Canaan, unto Jacob their father,26 and they declare to him, saying, `Joseph [is] yet alive,` and that he [is] ruler over all the land of Egypt; and his heart ceaseth, for he hath not given credence to them.27 And they speak unto him all the words of Joseph, which he hath spoken unto them, and he seeth the waggons which Joseph hath sent to bear him away, and live doth the spirit of Jacob their father;28 and Israel saith, `Enough! Joseph my son [is] yet alive; I go and see him before I die.`