1. And Yosĕph was unable to restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he called out, “Have everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him while Yosĕph made himself known to his brothers.
2. And he wept aloud, and the Mitsrites and the house of Pharaoh heard it.
3. And Yosĕph said to his brothers, “I am Yosĕph, is my father still alive?” But his brothers were unable to answer him, for they trembled before him.
4. Then Yosĕph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” And when they came near, he said, “I am Yosĕph your brother, whom you sold into Mitsrayim.
5. “And now, do not be grieved nor displeased with yourselves because you sold me here, for Elohim sent me before you to preserve life.
6. “For two years now the scarcity of food has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there is neither ploughing nor harvesting.
7. “And Elohim sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to give life to you by a great escape.