1 And Joseph could not control himself before all them that stood by him, and he cried, Put every man out from me! And no man stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brethren.2 And he raised his voice in weeping; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.3 And Joseph said to his brethren, I am Joseph. Does my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence.4 And Joseph said to 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.5 And now, be not grieved, and be not angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.6 For the famine has been these two years in the land; and yet there are five years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest.7 So God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.8 And now it was not you {that} sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and governor over all the land of Egypt.9 Haste and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says thy son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, tarry not.10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near to me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, and thy sheep, and thy cattle, and all that thou hast.11 And there will I maintain thee; for yet there are five years of famine; in order that thou be not impoverished, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.12 And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth which speaks to you.13 And tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen, and haste and bring down my father hither.14 And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept on his neck.15 And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and after that his brethren talked with him.16 And the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come. And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his bondmen.17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to thy brethren, Do this: load your beasts and depart, go into the land of Canaan,18 and take your father and your households, and come to me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.19 And thou art commanded-this do: take waggons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and take up your father, and come.20 And let not your eye regret your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt shall be yours.21 And the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them waggons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.22 To each one of them all he gave changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred {pieces} of silver and five changes of clothing.23 And to his father he sent this: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread, and food for his father by the way.24 And he sent his brethren away, and they departed. And he said to them, Do not quarrel on the way.25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father.26 And they told him, saying, Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he did not believe them.27 And they spoke to him all the words of Joseph, which he had spoken to them. And he saw the waggons that Joseph had sent to carry him. And the spirit of Jacob their father revived.28 And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die.

1 Toe kon Josef hom nie langer bedwing voor almal wat by hom gestaan het nie, en hy roep: Laat almal van my af weggaan! En daar het niemand by hom gestaan toe Josef hom aan sy broers bekend gemaak het nie.2 Daarop bars hy in trane uit, sodat die Egiptenaars en ook die huis van Farao dit gehoor het.3 En Josef sê vir sy broers: Ek is Josef! Leef my vader nog? Maar sy broers kon hom nie antwoord nie, want hulle was verskrik voor hom.4 Verder sê Josef vir sy broers: Kom tog nader na my. En toe hulle nader kom, sê hy: Ek is julle broer Josef vir wie julle na Egipte verkoop het.5 Maar wees nou nie bedroef nie, en laat daar geen ontstemming by julle wees dat julle my hierheen verkoop het nie. Want om lewens te behou, het God my voor julle uit gestuur.6 Want daar was nou twee jaar hongersnood in die land, en daar is nog vyf jaar waarin nie geploeg of geoes sal word nie.7 Maar God het my voor julle uit gestuur om vir julle 'n oorblyfsel op die aarde te verseker en om julle in die lewe te hou tot 'n groot verlossing.8 Julle het my dan nou nie hierheen gestuur nie, maar God; en Hy het my 'n raadsman van Farao gemaak en 'n gebieder oor sy hele huis en 'n regeerder in die hele Egipteland.9 Trek gou op na my vader en sê vir hom: So spreek u seun Josef: God het my 'n gebieder oor die hele Egipteland gemaak. Kom af na my, moenie versuim nie!10 En u kan in die land Gosen woon en naby my wees, u en u kinders en u kindskinders en u kleinvee en u beeste en alles wat u besit.11 En ek sal u daar onderhou, want daar sal nog vyf jaar hongersnood wees; sodat u nie verarm nie, u en u huis en alles wat aan u behoort.12 En kyk, julle oë sien dit, en die oë van my broer Benjamin, dat dit my mond is wat met julle spreek.13 Vertel my vader dan van al my heerlikheid in Egipte en van alles wat julle gesien het, en bring my vader gou hierheen af.14 Toe val hy sy broer Benjamin om die hals en ween; en ook Benjamin het aan sy hals geween.15 En hy het al sy broers gesoen en aan hulle hals geween; en daarna het sy broers met hom gespreek.16 Toe die gerug in die huis van Farao gehoor word dat Josef se broers gekom het, was dit goed in die oë van Farao en van sy dienaars.17 En Farao het met Josef gespreek: Sê aan jou broers: Doen dit, laai julle diere en trek weg na die land Kana„n.18 En gaan haal julle vader en julle huisgesinne en kom na my toe, dan sal ek julle die beste van Egipteland gee; en eet die vettigheid van die land.19 Jy kry dan bevel -- doen dit: Neem vir julle uit Egipteland waens vir julle kinders en julle vroue, en vervoer julle vader en kom.20 En julle hoef geen spyt te hê oor julle huisraad nie, want die beste van die hele Egipteland is julle s'n.21 Die seuns van Israel het toe so gedoen; en Josef het vir hulle waens verskaf volgens die bevel van Farao en hulle padkos gegee vir die reis.22 Hy het aan hulle almal, man vir man, 'n stel nuwe klere gegee; maar aan Benjamin het hy drie honderd sikkels silwer en vyf stel nuwe klere gegee.23 En net so het hy ook aan sy vader gestuur tien esels, gelaai met die beste goed van Egipte, en tien eselinne, gelaai met koring en brood en voedsel vir sy vader op die reis.24 Daarop het hy sy broers weggestuur, en hulle het vertrek; en hy het aan hulle gesê: Moenie vir mekaar kwaad word op die pad nie.25 En hulle het opgetrek uit Egipte en in die land Kana„n aangekom by hulle vader Jakob.26 Toe hulle hom vertel: Josef lewe nog -- en dat hy regeerder is in die hele Egipteland -- het sy hart beswyk, want hy het hulle nie geglo nie.27 Maar toe hulle hom al die woorde van Josef te kenne gee wat hy met hulle gespreek het, en hy die waens sien wat Josef gestuur het om hom te vervoer, het die gees van Jakob, hulle vader, lewendig geword.28 En Israel het gesê: Dit is genoeg! My seun Josef lewe nog! Ek sal gaan en hom sien voordat ek sterwe.