BERESHITH (GENESIS) 45

Gen 45:1 And Yosĕph was unable to restrain himself before all those who
stood by him, and he called out, “Have everyone go out from me!” So no one
stood with him while Yosĕph made himself known to his brothers.
Gen 45:2 And he wept aloud, and the Mitsrites and the house of Pharaoh
heard it.
Gen 45:3 And Yosĕph said to his brothers, “I am Yosĕph, is my father still
alive?” But his brothers were unable to answer him, for they trembled before
him.
Gen 45:4 Then Yosĕph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” And
when they came near, he said, “I am Yosĕph your brother, whom you sold
into Mitsrayim.
Gen 45:5 “And now, do not be grieved nor displeased with yourselves
because you sold me here, for Elohim sent me before you to preserve life.
Gen 45:6 “For two years now the scarcity of food has been in the land, and
there are still five years in which there is neither ploughing nor harvesting.
Gen 45:7 “And Elohim sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in
the earth, and to give life to you by a great escape.
Gen 45:8 “So then, you did not send me here, but Elohim. And He has set me
for a father to Pharaoh, and master of all his house, and a ruler throughout all
the land of Mitsrayim.
Gen 45:9 “Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son
Yosĕph, “Elohim has made me master of all Mitsrayim. Come down to me,
do not delay.
Gen 45:10 “And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and be near to me,
you and your children, your children’s children, your flocks and your herds,
and all that you have.
Gen 45:11 “And I shall provide for you there, lest you and your household,
and all that you have, come to poverty, because five years of scarcity of food
are still to come.” ’
Gen 45:12 “And look, your eyes and the eyes of my brother Binyamin see
that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
Gen 45:13 “And you shall inform my father of all my esteem in Mitsrayim,
and of all that you have seen. And you shall hurry and bring my father down
here.”
Gen 45:14 And he fell on his brother Binyamin’s neck and wept, and
Binyamin wept on his neck.
Gen 45:15 And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that
his brothers spoke with him.
Gen 45:16 And the report of it was heard by the house of Pharaoh, saying,
“The brothers of Yosĕph have come.” And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh
and in the eyes of his servants.
Gen 45:17 And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this:
Load your beasts and go, enter the land of Kena‛an,
Gen 45:18 and take your father and your households and come to me, and I
give you the best of the land of Mitsrayim, and you eat the fat of the land.
Gen 45:19 ‘And you, you have been commanded, do this: Take wagons out
of the land of Mitsrayim for your little ones and your wives. And you shall
bring your father, and come.
Gen 45:20 ‘And do not be concerned about your goods, for the best of all the
land of Mitsrayim is yours.’ ”
Gen 45:21 And the sons of Yisra’ĕl did so. And Yosĕph gave them wagons,
according to the command of Pharaoh, and he gave them food for the journey.
Gen 45:22 He gave to all of them, to each man, changes of garments, but to
Binyamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of
garments.
Gen 45:23 And he sent to his father this: ten donkeys loaded with the best of
Mitsrayim, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, and bread, and food
for his father for the journey.
Gen 45:24 So he sent his brothers away, and they left. And he said to them,
“Do not quarrel along the way.”
Gen 45:25 And they went up out of Mitsrayim, and came to the land of
Kena‛an to Ya‛aqoḇ their father.
Gen 45:26 And they told him, saying, “Yosĕph is still alive, and he is
governor over all the land of Mitsrayim.” And Ya‛aqoḇ’s heart ceased, for he
did not believe them.
Gen 45:27 But when they spoke to him all the words which Yosĕph had
spoken to them, and when he saw the wagons which Yosĕph had sent to
transport him, the spirit of Ya‛aqoḇ their father revived.
Gen 45:28 And Yisra’ĕl said, “Enough! My son Yosĕph is still alive. Let me
go and see him before I die.”