Genesis 45:16-28

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁶ Now ^(A)the ^[a]news was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” And it was good in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants. ¹⁷ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and ^[b]go to the land of Canaan, ¹⁸ and take your father and your households and come to me, and ^(B)I will give you the ^[c]best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.’ ¹⁹ Now you are commanded, ‘Do this: ^[d]take ^(C)wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come. ²⁰ Now do not ^[e]concern yourselves with your goods, for the ^[f]best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

²¹ Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them ^(D)wagons according to the ^[g]command of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey. ²² To ^[h]each of them he gave ^(E)changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and ^(F)five changes of garments. ²³ Now to his father he sent ^[i]as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the ^[j]best things of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and sustenance for his father ^[k]on the journey.

²⁴ So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. And he said to them, “Do not be stirred up on the journey.” ²⁵ Then they went up from Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. ²⁶ And they told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” But ^[l]his heart was stunned, for ^(G)he did not believe them. ²⁷ Yet they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them, and he saw the ^(H)wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him. Then the spirit of their father Jacob revived. ²⁸ And Israel said, “It is enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”