34FOR HOW? WILL I GO UP TO FATHER MY AND THE LAD NOT [IS] HE WITH ME LEST I SHOULD LOOK ON THE CALAMITY WHICH IT WILL FIND <OBJ.> FATHER MY 34For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
1AND NOT HE WAS ABLE JOSEPH TO RESTRAIN HIMSELF TO ALL THOSE STANDING WITH HIM AND HE CALLED OUT SEND OUT EVERY MAN FROM WITH <THE> ME AND NOT HE STOOD ANYONE WITH HIM WHEN MADE HIMSELF KNOWN JOSEPH TO BROTHERS HIS Joseph Reveals His Identity 1Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
2AND HE GAVE <OBJ.> VOICE HIS IN WEEPING AND THEY HEARD EGYPT AND IT HEARD [THE] HOUSEHOLD OF PHARAOH 2But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
3AND HE SAID JOSEPH TO BROTHERS HIS I [AM] JOSEPH ¿ STILL [IS] FATHER MY LIVING AND NOT THEY WERE ABLE BROTHERS HIS TO ANSWER <OBJ.> HIM FOR THEY WERE TERRIFIED OF <BEFORE> HIM 3Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
4AND HE SAID JOSEPH TO BROTHERS HIS DRAW NEAR PLEASE TO ME AND THEY DREW NEAR AND HE SAID I [AM] JOSEPH BROTHER YOUR WHOM YOU SOLD <OBJ.> ME EGYPT TOWARDS 4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
5AND NOW MAY NOT YOU BE GRIEVED AND MAY NOT IT BURN IN VIEW YOUR THAT YOU SOLD <OBJ.> ME HITHER FOR FOR PRESERVATION OF LIFE HE SENT ME GOD <TO> BEFORE YOU 5And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
6FOR THIS TWO YEARS THE FAMINE [HAS BEEN] IN [THE] MIDST OF THE LAND AND STILL FIVE YEARS WHEN THERE NOT [WILL BE] PLOWING AND HARVEST 6For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
7AND HE SENT ME GOD <TO> BEFORE YOU TO MAKE FOR YOU A REMNANT ON THE EARTH AND TO PRESERVE ALIVE FOR YOU <TO> A DELIVERANCE GREAT 7God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.*NoteCloseOr and to keep you alive as a great band of survivors
8AND THEREFORE NOT YOU YOU SENT <OBJ.> ME HITHER FOR <THE> GOD AND HE HAS APPOINTED ME TO A FATHER OF PHARAOH AND TO LORD OF ALL HOUSEHOLD HIS AND RULER OVER ALL [THE] LAND OF EGYPT 8Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh— lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
9HURRY AND GO UP TO FATHER MY AND YOU WILL SAY TO HIM THUS HE SAYS SON YOUR JOSEPH HE HAS APPOINTED ME GOD TO LORD OF ALL EGYPT COME DOWN! TO ME MAY NOT YOU DELAY Joseph Sends for His Father 9Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
10AND YOU WILL DWELL IN [THE] LAND OF GOSHEN AND YOU WILL BE NEAR TO ME YOU AND CHILDREN YOUR AND [THE] CHILDREN OF CHILDREN YOUR AND SHEEP YOUR AND CATTLE YOUR AND ALL THAT [BELONGS] TO YOU 10You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me— you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own
11AND I WILL PROVIDE FOR <OBJ.> YOU THERE FOR STILL [WILL BE] FIVE YEARS FAMINE LEST YOU SHOULD BECOME IMPOVERISHED YOU AND HOUSEHOLD YOUR AND ALL THAT [BELONGS] TO YOU 11And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
12AND THERE! EYES YOUR [ARE] SEEING AND [THE] EYES OF BROTHER MY BENJAMIN THAT MOUTH MY [IS] THE [ONE WHICH] SPEAKS TO YOU 12Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
13AND YOU WILL TELL TO FATHER MY <OBJ.> ALL HONOR MY IN EGYPT AND <OBJ.> ALL THAT YOU SAW AND YOU WILL HURRY AND YOU WILL BRING DOWN <OBJ.> FATHER MY HITHER 13Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
14AND HE FELL ON [THE] NECK<S> OF BENJAMIN BROTHER HIS AND HE WEPT AND BENJAMIN HE WEPT ON NECK<S> HIS 14Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
15AND HE KISSED <TO> ALL BROTHERS HIS AND HE WEPT OVER THEM AND AFTER THUS THEY SPOKE BROTHERS HIS WITH HIM 15Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
16AND THE SOUND IT WAS HEARD [THE] HOUSE OF PHARAOH <TO> SAYING THEY HAVE COME [THE] BROTHERS OF JOSEPH AND IT WAS GOOD IN [THE] EYES OF PHARAOH AND IN [THE] EYES OF SERVANTS HIS Pharaoh Invites Jacob to Egypt 16When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
17AND HE SAID PHARAOH TO JOSEPH SAY TO BROTHERS YOUR THIS DO LOAD <OBJ.> ANIMAL[S] YOUR AND GO GO [THE] LAND OF TOWARDS CANAAN 17Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
18AND FETCH <OBJ.> FATHER YOUR AND <OBJ.> HOUSEHOLDS YOUR AND COME TO ME SO LET ME GIVE TO YOU <OBJ.> [THE] GOOD THING[S] OF [THE] LAND OF EGYPT AND EAT <OBJ.> [THE] FAT OF THE LAND 18Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
19AND YOU YOU ARE COMMANDED THIS DO TAKE FOR YOURSELVES FROM [THE] LAND OF EGYPT CARTS FOR LITTLE ONE[S] YOUR AND FOR WIVES YOUR AND YOU WILL CARRY <OBJ.> FATHER YOUR AND YOU WILL COME 19You are also directed to tell them: ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives, and bring your father and come back.
20AND EYE YOUR MAY NOT IT LOOK WITH REGRET ON THINGS YOUR FOR [THE] GOOD THING[S] OF ALL [THE] LAND OF EGYPT [WILL BELONG] TO YOU IT 20But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
21AND THEY DID THUS [THE] SONS OF ISRAEL AND HE GAVE TO THEM JOSEPH CARTS ON [THE] MOUTH OF PHARAOH AND HE GAVE TO THEM PROVISION[S] FOR THE JOURNEY 21So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
22TO ALL OF THEM HE GAVE TO <THE> EACH CHANGES OF CLOTHES AND TO BENJAMIN HE GAVE THREE OF HUNDRED<S> SILVER AND FIVE CHANGES OF CLOTHES 22He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver*NoteClose300 shekels is approximately 7.5 pounds or 3.4 kilograms of silver. and five sets of clothes.
23AND TO FATHER HIS HE SENT ACCORDING TO THIS TEN DONKEYS CARRYING SOME OF [THE] GOOD THING[S] OF EGYPT AND TEN FEMALE DONKEYS CARRYING GRAIN AND FOOD AND FOOD FOR FATHER HIS FOR THE JOURNEY 23And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
24AND HE SENT OFF <OBJ.> BROTHERS HIS AND THEY WENT AND HE SAID TO THEM MAY NOT YOU STIR UP ON THE WAY 24Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
25AND THEY WENT UP FROM EGYPT AND THEY CAME [THE] LAND OF CANAAN TO JACOB FATHER THEIR The Revival of Jacob 25So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
26AND THEY TOLD TO HIM <TO> SAYING STILL JOSEPH [IS] ALIVE AND THAT HE [IS] RULING OVER ALL [THE] LAND OF EGYPT AND IT GREW NUMB HEART HIS FOR NOT HE BELIEVED <TO> THEM 26“Joseph is still alive,” they said “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
27AND THEY SPOKE TO HIM <OBJ.> ALL [THE] WORDS OF JOSEPH WHICH HE HAD SPOKEN TO THEM AND HE SAW <OBJ.> THE CARTS WHICH HE HAD SENT JOSEPH TO CARRY <OBJ.> HIM AND IT LIVED [THE] SPIRIT OF JACOB FATHER THEIR 27However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
28AND HE SAID ISRAEL ENOUGH STILL JOSEPH SON MY [IS] ALIVE I WILL GO SO I MAY SEE HIM <IN> BEFORE I WILL DIE 28“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”