9. Hurry and go up to my father and tell him, Your son Joseph says this to you: God has put me in charge of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.
10. You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be close to me–you and your children and your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and all you have.
11. And there I will sustain and provide for you, so that you and your household and all that are yours may not come to poverty and want, for there are yet five [more] years of [the scarcity, hunger, and starvation of] famine.
12. Now notice! Your own eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin can see that I am talking to you personally [in your language and not through an interpreter].
13. And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and of all that you have seen; and you shall hurry and bring my father down here.
14. And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.
15. Moreover, he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers conversed with him.
16. When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house that Joseph's brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.