Joseph Reveals His Identity 1 DRA Joseph could no longer refrain himself before many that stood by: whereupon he commanded that all should go out, and no stranger be present at their knowing one another. BSB BSB: Then 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.
2 DRA And he lifted up his voice with weeping, which the Egyptians and all the house of Pharao heard. BSB BSB: But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
3 DRA And he said to his brethren: I am Joseph: is my father yet living? His brethren could not answer him, being struck with exceeding great fear. BSB BSB: Joseph 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.
4 DRA And he said mildly to them: Come nearer to me. And when they were come near him, he said: I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. BSB BSB: Then 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!
5 DRA Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries: for God sent me before you into Egypt for your preservation. BSB BSB: And 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.
6 DRA For it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping. BSB BSB: For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
7 DRA And God sent me before, that you may be preserved upon the earth, and may have food to live. BSB BSB: God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 DRA Not by your counsel was I sent hither, but by the will of God: who hath made me as it were a father to Pharao, and lord of his whole house, and governor in all the land of Egypt. BSB BSB: Therefore 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.
Joseph Sends for His Father 9 DRA Make haste, and go ye up to my father, and say to him: Thus saith thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord of the whole land of Egypt: come down to me, linger not. BSB BSB: Now 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.
10 DRA And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons’ sons, thy sheep, and thy herds, and all things that thou hast. BSB BSB: You 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.
11 DRA And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining), lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast. BSB BSB: And 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.’
12 DRA Behold, your eyes, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my mouth that speaketh to you. BSB BSB: Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
13 DRA You shall tell my father of all my glory, and all things that you have seen in Egypt: make haste and bring him to me. BSB BSB: Tell my father about all my splendor in Egypt and everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.”
14 DRA And falling upon the neck of his brother Benjamin, he embraced him and wept: and Benjamin in like manner wept also on his neck. BSB BSB: Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
15 DRA And Joseph kissed all his brethren, and wept upon every one of them: after which they were emboldened to speak to him. BSB BSB: Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
Pharaoh Invites Jacob to Egypt 16 DRA And it was heard, and the fame was abroad in the king’s court: The brethren of Joseph are come: and Pharao with all his family was glad. BSB BSB: When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
17 DRA And he spoke to Joseph that he should give orders to his brethren, saying: Load your beasts, and go into the land of Chanaan. BSB BSB: Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
18 DRA And bring away from thence your father and kindred, and come to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, that you may eat the marrow of the land. BSB BSB: Then 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.’
19 DRA Give orders also that they take wagons out of the land of Egypt, for the carriage of their children and their wives: and say: Take up your father, and make haste to come with all speed: BSB BSB: You 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.
20 DRA And leave nothing of your household stuff: for all the riches of Egypt shall be yours. BSB BSB: But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
21 DRA And the sons of Israel did as they were bid. And Joseph gave them wagons according to Pharao’s commandment: and provisions for the way. BSB BSB: So 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.
22 DRA He ordered also to be brought out for every one of them two robes: but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver with five robes of the best: BSB BSB: He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
23 DRA Sending to his father as much money and raiment, adding besides ten he asses to carry off all the riches of Egypt, and as many she asses, carrying wheat and bread for the journey. BSB BSB: And 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.
24 DRA So he sent away his brethren, and at their departing said to them: Be not angry in the way. BSB BSB: Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
The Revival of Jacob 25 DRA And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Chanaan to their father Jacob. BSB BSB: So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
26 DRA And they told him, saying: Joseph thy son is living: and he is ruler in all the land of Egypt. Which when Jacob heard, he awaked as it were out of a deep sleep, yet did not believe them. BSB BSB: “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.
27 DRA They, on the other side, told the whole order of the thing. And when he saw the wagons and all that he had sent his spirit revived, BSB BSB: However, 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.
28 DRA And he said: It is enough for me, if Joseph my son be yet living: I will go and see him before I die. BSB BSB: “Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”