Genesis 45:1-18 Upon this Joseph could not restrain himself before all his attendants, but said, Dismiss all from me. So there was no attendant with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers,

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Upon this Joseph could not restrain himself before all his attendants, but said, Dismiss all from me. So there was no attendant with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers, ² but in weeping he raised his voice so that all the Egyptians heard and the news was carried to Pharao's house, ³ And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph. Is my father still alive? But his brothers could not answer him; for they were confounded. ⁴ Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me? And when they came near; he said, I am Joseph your brother whom you sold into Egypt. ⁵ Now therefore be not grieved, nor let it afflict you that you sold me hither; for God sent me before you for life. ⁶ For this is but the second year of famine on the earth and there will be yet five years, in which there will be neither tillage nor harvest, ⁷ so that God hath sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth and to nourish your great remnant. ⁸ Now therefore it was not you who sent me hither, but it was God. And he hath made me like a father to Pharao, and lord of all his house and governor of all the land of Egypt. ⁹ Haste therefore and go up to my father and say to him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me ruler of all the land of Egypt. Come down therefore to me and tarry not. ¹⁰ And thou shalt dwelt in the land of Gesem; Arabia and be near me; both thou and thy sons and thy grandsons, thy flocks and thy herds and all that thou hast. ¹¹ And I will nourish thee there, [for the famine will continue five years longer] that thou and thy sons and all that belong to thee may not be consumed. ¹² Behold your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my mouth which speaketh to you. ¹³ Therefore tell my father all my glory in Egypt and all that you see; and make haste and bring my father down hither. ¹⁴ Then he fell upon the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept upon him. ¹⁵ And Benjamin wept on his neck. And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them. And after that his brothers conversed with him. ¹⁶ Now when the news spread to Pharao's house saying, Joseph's brothers are come, Pharao and his servants were rejoiced. ¹⁷ And Pharao said to Joseph, Say to thy brothers, Do this, Load your beasts and go to the land of Chanaan ¹⁸ and take up your father and all that you have and come to me and I will give you of all the good things of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.