Genesis 45

velo-yakhol yosef lehitappeq lekhol hannitsavim alayw vayyiqra hotsi'u khol-ish me'alay velo-amad ish itto behitvadda yosef el-ekhayw

Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone withdraw from me!” So there was no one else about when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

vayyitten et-qolo bivkhi vayyishme'u mitsrayim vayyishma bet paroh

His sobs were so loud that the Egyptians could hear, and so the news reached Pharaoh’s palace.

vayyomer yosef el-ekhayw ani yosef ha'od avi khay velo-yakhelu ekhayw la'anot oto ki nivhalu mippanayw

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still well?” But his brothers could not answer him, so dumfounded were they on account of him.

vayyomer yosef el-ekhayw geshu-na elay vayyiggashu vayyomer ani yosef akhikhem asher-mekhartem oti mitsrayemah

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come forward to me.” And when they came forward, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, he whom you sold into Egypt.

ve'attah al-te'atsevu ve'al-yikhar be'enekhem ki-mekhartem oti hennah ki lemikhyah shelakhani elohim lifnekhem

Now, do not be distressed or reproach yourselves because you sold me hither; it was to save life that God sent me ahead of you.

ki-zeh shenatayim hara'av beqerev ha'arets ve'od khamesh shanim asher en-kharish veqatsir

It is now two years that there has been famine in the land, and there are still five years to come in which there shall be no yield from tilling.

vayyishlakheni elohim lifnekhem lasum lakhem she'erit ba'arets ulehakhayot lakhem lifletah gedolah

God has sent me ahead of you to ensure your survival on earth, and to save your lives in an extraordinary deliverance.

ve'attah lo-attem shelakhtem oti hennah ki ha'elohim vayesimeni le'av lefaroh ule'adon lekhol-beto umoshel bekhol-erets mitsrayim

So, it was not you who sent me here, but God—who has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his household, and ruler over the whole land of Egypt.

maharu va'alu el-avi va'amartem elayw koh amar binkha yosef samani elohim le'adon lekhol-mitsrayim redah elay al-ta'amod

“Now, hurry back to my father and say to him: Thus says your son Joseph, ‘God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me without delay.

veyashavta ve'erets-goshen vehayita qarov elay attah uvanekha uvene vanekha vetsonekha uveqarekha vekhol-asher-lakh

You will dwell in the region of Goshen, where you will be near me—you and your children and your grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all that is yours.

vekhilkalti otekha sham ki-od khamesh shanim ra'av pen-tivvaresh attah uvetekha vekhol-asher-lakh

There I will provide for you—for there are yet five years of famine to come—that you and your household and all that is yours may not suffer want.’

vehinneh enekhem ro'ot ve'ene akhi vinyamin ki-fi hamedabber alekhem

You can see for yourselves, and my brother Benjamin for himself, that it is indeed I who am speaking to you.

vehiggadtem le'avi et-kol-kevodi bemitsrayim ve'et kol-asher re'item umihartem vehoradtem et-avi hennah

And you must tell my father everything about my high station in Egypt and all that you have seen; and bring my father here with all speed.”

vayyippol al-tsavvere vinyamin-akhiv vayyevk uvinyamin bakhah al-tsavvarayw

With that he embraced his brother Benjamin around the neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

vayenasheq lekhol-ekhayw vayyevk alehem ve'akhare khen dibberu ekhayw itto

He kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; only then were his brothers able to talk to him.

vehaqqol nishma bet paroh lemor ba'u akhe yosef vayyitav be'ene faroh uve'ene avadayw

The news reached Pharaoh’s palace: “Joseph’s brothers have come.” Pharaoh and his courtiers were pleased.

vayyomer paroh el-yosef emor el-akhekha zot asu ta'anu et-be'irekhem ulekhu-vo'u artsah kena'an

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do as follows: load up your animals and go at once to the land of Canaan.

uqekhu et-avikhem ve'et-battekhem uvo'u elay ve'ettenah lakhem et-tuv erets mitsrayim ve'ikhlu et-khelev ha'arets

Take your father and your households and come to me; I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you shall live off the fat of the land.’

ve'attah tsuvvetah zot asu qekhu-lakhem me'erets mitsrayim agalot letappekhem velinshekhem unesatem et-avikhem uvatem

And you are bidden [to add], ‘Do as follows: take from the land of Egypt wagons for your children and your wives, and bring your father here.

ve'enekhem al-takhos al-kelekhem ki-tuv kol-erets mitsrayim lakhem hu

And never mind your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt shall be yours.’”

vayya'asu-khen bene yisra'el vayyitten lahem yosef agalot al-pi faroh vayyitten lahem tsedah laddarekh

The sons of Israel did so; Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had commanded, and he supplied them with provisions for the journey.

lekhullam natan la'ish khalifot semalot ulevinyamin natan shelosh me'ot kesef vekhamesh khalifot semalot

To each of them, moreover, he gave a change of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and several changes of clothing.

ule'aviv shalakh kezot asarah khamorim nose'im mittuv mitsrayim ve'eser atonot nose'ot bar valekhem umazon le'aviv laddarekh

And to his father he sent the following: ten jackasses laden with the best things of Egypt, and ten jennies laden with grain, bread, and provisions for his father on the journey.

vayeshallakh et-ekhayw vayyelekhu vayyomer alehem al-tirgezu baddarekh

As he sent his brothers off on their way, he told them, “Do not be quarrelsome on the way.”

vayya'alu mimmitsrayim vayyavo'u erets kena'an el-ya'aqov avihem

They went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.

vayyaggidu lo lemor od yosef khay vekhi-hu moshel bekhol-erets mitsrayim vayyafog libbo ki lo-he'emin lahem

And they told him, “Joseph is still alive; yes, he is ruler over the whole land of Egypt.” His heart went numb, for he did not believe them.

vayedabberu elayw et kol-divre yosef asher dibber alehem vayyar et-ha'agalot asher-shalakh yosef laset oto vattekhi ruakh ya'aqov avihem

But when they recounted all that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived.

vayyomer yisra'el rav od-yosef beni khay elekhah ve'erennu beterem amut

“Enough!” said Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I must go and see him before I die.”