Joseph Tells His Brothers Who He Is

¹Since Joseph could no longer control his feelings in front of his servants, he sent them out of the room. When he was alone with his brothers, he told them, “I am Joseph.”[#Ac 7.13.]

²Then he cried so loudly that the Egyptians heard him and told about it in the king's palace.[#45.2 See the note at 12.15.]

³Joseph asked his brothers if his father was still alive, but they were too frightened to answer.

⁴Joseph told them to come closer to him, and when they did, he said:

¹⁴Joseph and Benjamin hugged each other and started crying.

¹⁵Joseph was still crying as he kissed each of his other brothers. After this, they started talking with Joseph.

¹⁶When it was told in the palace that Joseph's brothers had come, the king and his officials were happy.

¹⁷So the king said to Joseph:

²¹Jacob's sons agreed to do what the king had said. And Joseph gave them wagons and food for their trip home, just as the king had ordered.

²²Joseph gave some new clothes to each of his brothers, but to Benjamin he gave five new outfits and 300 pieces of silver.

²³To his father he sent ten donkeys loaded with the best things in Egypt, and ten other donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for the return trip.

²⁴Then he sent his brothers off and told them, “Don't argue on the way home!”

²⁵Joseph's brothers left Egypt, and when they arrived in Canaan,

²⁶they told their father that Joseph was still alive and was the ruler of Egypt. But their father was so surprised that he could not believe them.

²⁷Then they told him everything Joseph had said. When he saw the wagons Joseph had sent, he felt much better

²⁸and said, “Now I can believe you! My son Joseph must really be alive, and I will get to see him before I die.”