1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Genesis 45

1 Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren. 5 He comforteth them in God's providence. 9 He sendeth for his father. 16 Pharaoh confirmeth it. 21 Joseph furnisheth them for their journey, and exhorteth them to concord. 25 Jacob is revived with the news.

 45:1 Then Joseph 3130 could 3201 not control 662 himself before all 3605 those who stood 5324 by him, and he cried 7121, “Have everyone 3605 go 3318 out from me.” So there was no 3808 man 376 with him when Joseph 3130 made 3045 himself known 3045 to his brothers 251.

 45:2 He wept 5414 6963 1065 so loudly 6963 that the Egyptians 4714 heard 8085 [it], and the household 1004 of Pharaoh 6547 heard 8085 [of it].

 45:3 Then Joseph 3130 said 559 to his brothers 251, “I am Joseph 3130! Is my father 1 still 5750 alive 2416a?” But his brothers 251 could 3201 not answer 6030a him, for they were dismayed 926 at his presence 6440.

 45:4 ¶ Then Joseph 3130 said 559 to his brothers 251, “Please 4994 come 5066 closer 5066 to me.” And they came 5066 closer 5066. And he said 559, “I am your brother 251 Joseph 3130, whom 834 you sold 4376 into Egypt 4714.

 45:5 “Now 6258 do not be grieved 6087a or angry 2734 with yourselves 5869, because 3588 you sold 4376 me here 2008, for God 430 sent 7971 me before 6440 you to preserve 4241 life 4241.

 45:6 “For the famine 7458 [has been] in the land 776 these 2088 two years 8141, and there are still 5750 five 2568 years 8141 in which 834 there 369 will be neither 369 plowing 2758 nor 369 harvesting 7105a.

 45:7 “God 430 sent 7971 me before 6440 you to preserve 7760 for you a remnant 7611 in the earth 776, and to keep 2421a you alive 2421a by a great 1419 deliverance 6413.

 45:8 “Now 6258, therefore, it was not you who sent 7971 me here 2008, but God 430; and He has made 7760 me a father 1 to Pharaoh 6547 and lord 113 of all 3605 his household 1004 and ruler 4910 over all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714.

 45:9 “Hurry 4116 and go 5927 up to my father 1, and say 559 to him, ‘Thus 3541 says 559 your son 1121 Joseph 3130, “God 430 has made 7760 me lord 113 of all 3605 Egypt 4714; come 3381 down 3381 to me, do not delay 5975.

 45:10 “You shall live 3427 in the land 776 of Goshen 1657, and you shall be near 7138 me, you and your children 1121 and your children’s 1121 children 1121 and your flocks 6629 and your herds 1241 and all 3605 that you have.

 45:11 “There 8033 I will also provide 3557 for you, for there are still 5750 five 2568 years 8141 of famine 7458 [to come], and you and your household 1004 and all 3605 that you have would be impoverished 3423.”’

 45:12 “Behold 2009, your eyes 5869 see 7200, and the eyes 5869 of my brother 251 Benjamin 1144 [see], that it is my mouth 6310 which is speaking 1696 to you.

 45:13 “Now you must tell 5046 my father 1 of all 3605 my splendor 3519b in Egypt 4714, and all 3605 that you have seen 7200; and you must hurry 4116 and bring 3381 my father 1 down 3381 here 2008.”

 45:14 Then he fell 5307 on his brother 251 Benjamin’s 1144 neck 6677 and wept 1058, and Benjamin 1144 wept 1058 on his neck 6677.

 45:15 He kissed 5401a all 3605 his brothers 251 and wept 1058 on them, and afterward 310 3651 his brothers 251 talked 1696 with him.

 45:16 ¶ Now when the news 6963 was heard 8085 in Pharaoh’s 6547 house 1004 that Joseph’s 3130 brothers 251 had come 935, it pleased 3190 5869 Pharaoh 6547 and his servants 5650.

 45:17 Then Pharaoh 6547 said 559 to Joseph 3130, “Say 559 to your brothers 251, ‘Do 6213a this 2088: load 2943 your beasts 1165 and go 1980 935 to the land 776 of Canaan 3667a,

 45:18 and take 3947 your father 1 and your households 1004 and come 935 to me, and I will give 5414 you the best 2898 of the land 776 of Egypt 4714 and you will eat 398 the fat 2459 of the land 776.’

 45:19 “Now you are ordered 6680, ‘Do 6213a this 2088: take 3947 wagons 5699 from the land 776 of Egypt 4714 for your little 2945 ones 2945 and for your wives 802, and bring 5375 your father 1 and come 935.

 45:20 ‘Do not concern 2347 5869 yourselves 5869 with your goods 3627, for the best 2898 of all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714 is yours.’”

 45:21 ¶ Then the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 did 6213a so 3651; and Joseph 3130 gave 5414 them wagons 5699 according 5921 to the command 6310 of Pharaoh 6547, and gave 5414 them provisions 6720 for the journey 1870.

 45:22 To each 3605 376 of them he gave 5414 changes 2487 of garments 8071, but to Benjamin 1144 he gave 5414 three 7969 hundred 3967 [pieces of] silver 3701 and five 2568 changes 2487 of garments 8071.

 45:23 To his father 1 he sent 7971 as follows 2088: ten 6235 donkeys 2543 loaded 5375 with the best 2898 things 2898 of Egypt 4714, and ten 6235 female 860 donkeys 860 loaded 5375 with grain 1250 and bread 3899 and sustenance 4202 for his father 1 on the journey 1870.

 45:24 ¶ So he sent 7971 his brothers 251 away 7971, and as they departed 1980, he said 559 to them, “Do not quarrel 7264 on the journey 1870.”

 45:25 Then they went 5927 up from Egypt 4714, and came 935 to the land 776 of Canaan 3667a to their father 1 Jacob 3290.

 45:26 They told 5046 him, saying 559, “Joseph 3130 is still 5750 alive 2416a, and indeed 3588 he is ruler 4910 over all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714.” But he was stunned 6313, for he did not believe 539 them.

 45:27 When they told 1696 him all 3605 the words 1697 of Joseph 3130 that he had spoken 1696 to them, and when he saw 7200 the wagons 5699 that Joseph 3130 had sent 7971 to carry 5375 him, the spirit 7307 of their father 1 Jacob 3290 revived 2421a.

 45:28 Then Israel 3478 said 559, “It is enough 7227a; my son 1121 Joseph 3130 is still 5750 alive 2416a. I will go 1980 and see 7200 him before 2962 I die 4191.”