5. Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries: for God sent me before you into Egypt for your preservation.
6. For it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping.
7. And God sent me before, that you may be preserved upon the earth, and may have food to live.
8. Not by your counsel was I sent hither, but by the will of God: who hath made me as it were a father to Pharao, and lord of his whold house, and governor in all the land of Egypt.
9. Make haste, and go ye up to my father, and say to him: Thus saith thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord of the whole land of Egypt: come down to me, linger not.
10. And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy son's sons, thy sheep, and thy gerds, and all things that thou hast.
11. And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining,) lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast.
12. Behold, your eyes, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my mouth that speaketh to you.
13. You shall tell my father of all my glory, and all things that you have seen in Egypt: make haste and bring him to me.