6. No food has grown on the land for two years now. And there will be five more years without planting or harvest.
7. So God sent me here ahead of you. This was to make sure you have some descendants left on earth. And it was to keep you alive in an amazing way.
8. So it was not you who sent me here, but God. God has made me the highest officer of the king of Egypt. I am in charge of his palace. I am the master of all the land of Egypt.
9. “So leave quickly and go to my father. Tell him, ‘Your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all Egypt. Come down to me quickly.
10. Live in the land of Goshen. You will be near me. Also your children, your grandchildren, your flocks and herds and all that you have will be near me.
11. I will care for you during the next five years of hunger. In this way, you and your family and all that you have will not starve.’
12. “Now you can see for yourselves. The one speaking to you is really Joseph. And my brother Benjamin can see this.
13. So tell my father about how powerful I have become in Egypt. Tell him about everything you have seen. Now hurry and bring him back to me.”