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 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。"