בראשית מ"ה - יוסף מתוודע אל אחיו

(1) Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone withdraw from me!” So there was no one else about when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

(2) His sobs were so loud that the Egyptians could hear, and so the news reached Pharaoh’s palace.

(3) Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still well?” But his brothers could not answer him, so dumfounded were they on account of him.

(4) Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come forward to me.” And when they came forward, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, he whom you sold into Egypt.

(5) Now, do not be distressed or reproach yourselves because you sold me hither; it was to save life that God sent me ahead of you.

(6) It is now two years that there has been famine in the land, and there are still five years to come in which there shall be no yield from tilling.

(7) God has sent me ahead of you to ensure your survival on earth, and to save your lives in an extraordinary deliverance.

(8) So, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his household, and ruler over the whole land of Egypt.

(9) “Now, hurry back to my father and say to him: Thus says your son Joseph, ‘God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me without delay.

(10) You will dwell in the region of Goshen, where you will be near me—you and your children and your grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all that is yours.

(11) There I will provide for you—for there are yet five years of famine to come—that you and your household and all that is yours may not suffer want.’

(12) You can see for yourselves, and my brother Benjamin for himself, that it is indeed I who am speaking to you.

(13) And you must tell my father everything about my high station in Egypt and all that you have seen; and bring my father here with all speed.”

(14) With that he embraced his brother Benjamin around the neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

(15) He kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; only then were his brothers able to talk to him.

(16) The news reached Pharaoh’s palace: “Joseph’s brothers have come.” Pharaoh and his courtiers were pleased.

(16) The news reached Pharaoh’s palace: “Joseph’s brothers have come.” Pharaoh and his courtiers were pleased.

(17) And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do as follows: load up your beasts and go at once to the land of Canaan.

(18) Take your father and your households and come to me; I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you shall live off the fat of the land.’

(19) And you are bidden [to add], ‘Do as follows: take from the land of Egypt wagons for your children and your wives, and bring your father here.

(20) And never mind your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt shall be yours.’”

(21) The sons of Israel did so; Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had commanded, and he supplied them with provisions for the journey.

(22) To each of them, moreover, he gave a change of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and several changes of clothing.

(23) And to his father he sent the following: ten he-asses laden with the best things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain, bread, and provisions for his father on the journey.

(24) As he sent his brothers off on their way, he told them, “Do not be quarrelsome on the way.”

(25) They went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

(26) And they told him, “Joseph is still alive; yes, he is ruler over the whole land of Egypt.” His heart went numb, for he did not believe them.

(27) But when they recounted all that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

(28) “Enough!” said Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I must go and see him before I die.”