Verse 1
Then Ioseph coulde not refraine him selfe before all that stoode by him, but hee cryed, Haue forth euery man from me; there taryed not one with him, while Ioseph vttered himselfe vnto his brethren.
Verse 2
And hee wept & cried, so that the Egyptians heard: the house of Pharaoh heard also.
Verse 3
Then Ioseph sayde to his brethren, I am Ioseph: doeth my father yet liue? But his brethren coulde not answere him, for they were astonished at his presence.
Verse 4
Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee; they came neere; he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
Verse 5
Nowe therefore be not sad, neither grieued with your selues, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you for your preseruation.
Verse 6
For nowe two yeeres of famine haue bene through ye land, and fiue yeeres are behind, wherein neither shalbe earing nor haruest.
Verse 7
Wherefore God sent me before you to preserue your posteritie in this land, & to saue you aliue by a great deliuerance.
Verse 8
Now the you sent not me hither, but God, who hath made mee a father vnto Pharaoh, and lorde of all his house, and ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Verse 9
Haste you & go vp to my father, & tel him, Thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come downe to me, tary not.
Verse 10
And thou shalt dwel in ye land of Goshen, and shalt be neere me, thou and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast.
Verse 11
Also I will nourish thee there (for yet remaine fiue yeeres of famine) lest thou perish through pouertie, thou and thy houshold, and all that thou hast.
Verse 12
And behold, your eyes doe see, and the eyes of my brother Beniamin, that my mouth speaketh to you.
Verse 13
Therefore tel my father of al mine honour in Egypt, and of all that ye haue seene, and make haste, and bring my father hither.
Verse 14
Then hee fell on his brother Beniamins necke, & wept, and Beniamin wept on his necke.
Verse 15
Moreouer, he kissed all his brethren, and wept vpon them: and afterwarde his brethren talked with him.
Verse 16
And the tidinges came vnto Pharaohs house, so that they said, Iosephs brethre are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his seruants.
Verse 17
Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan,
Verse 18
And take your father, and your houshoulds, and come to me, and I wil giue you the best of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eate of the fat of the land.
Verse 19
And I commaunde thee, Thus doe ye, take you charets out of the lande of Egypt for your children, and for your wiues, and bring your father and come.
Verse 20
Also regarde not your stuffe: for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.
Verse 21
And the children of Israel did so: & Ioseph gaue them charets according to the commandement of Pharaoh: hee gaue them vitaile also for the iourney.
Verse 22
He gaue them all, none except, change of raiment: but vnto Beniamin he gaue three hundreth pieces of siluer, and fiue sutes of raiment.
Verse 23
And vnto his father likewise hee sent ten hee asses laden with the best things of Egypt, and ten shee asses laden with wheate, and bread and meate for his father by the way.
Verse 24
So sent he his brethren away, and they departed: and he sayde vnto them, Fall not out by the way.
Verse 25
Then they went vp from Egypt, and came vnto the land of Canaan vnto Iaakob their father,
Verse 26
And tolde him, saying, Ioseph is yet aliue, and he also is gouernour ouer all the lande of Egypt, and Iaakobs heart failed: for he beleeued them not.
Verse 27
And they told him al the words of Ioseph, which he had said vnto the: but when he saw the charets, which Ioseph had sent to cary him, then the spirit of Iaakob their father reuiued.
Verse 28
And Israel sayde, I haue inough: Ioseph my sonne is yet aliue: I wil go and see him yer I die.