The Scriptures 1998

Genesis 45:8-20 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

8. “So then, you did not send me here, but Elohim. And He has set me for a father to Pharaoh, and master of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.

9. “Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Yosĕph, “Elohim has made me master of all Mitsrayim. Come down to me, do not delay.

10. “And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and be near to me, you and your children, your children’s children, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have.

11. “And I shall provide for you there, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty, because five years of scarcity of food are still to come.” ’

12. “And look, your eyes and the eyes of my brother Binyamin see that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

13. “And you shall inform my father of all my esteem in Mitsrayim, and of all that you have seen. And you shall hurry and bring my father down here.”

14. And he fell on his brother Binyamin’s neck and wept, and Binyamin wept on his neck.

15. And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers spoke with him.

16. And the report of it was heard by the house of Pharaoh, saying, “The brothers of Yosĕph have come.” And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants.

17. And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your beasts and go, enter the land of Kena‛an,

18. and take your father and your households and come to me, and I give you the best of the land of Mitsrayim, and you eat the fat of the land.

19. ‘And you, you have been commanded, do this: Take wagons out of the land of Mitsrayim for your little ones and your wives. And you shall bring your father, and come.

20. ‘And do not be concerned about your goods, for the best of all the land of Mitsrayim is yours.’ ”