Genesis 46:31-47:10
But Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household,“ I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him,‘ My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me;and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’When Pharaoh calls for you and says,‘ What is your occupation?’you shall say,‘ Your servants have been keepers of livestock since our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ so that you may live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said,“ My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.”And he took five men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh.Then Pharaoh said to his brothers,“ What is your occupation?” So they said to Pharaoh,“ Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.”They also said to Pharaoh,“ We have come to reside in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,“ Your father and your brothers have come to you.The land of Egypt is at your disposal; settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land, let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know any capable men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.And Pharaoh said to Jacob,“ How many years have you lived?”So Jacob said to Pharaoh,“ The years of my living abroad are 130; few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, nor have they attained the years that my fathers lived during the days of their living abroad.”So Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from his presence.
Genesis 45:1-18
Then Joseph could not control himself in front of everyone standing before him, and he shouted,“ Have everyone leave me!” So there was no one with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.Then he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard about it.And Joseph said to his brothers,“ I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were terrified in his presence.Then Joseph said to his brothers,“ Please come closer to me.” And they came closer. And he said,“ I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold to Egypt.Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to save lives.For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.So God sent me ahead of you to ensure for you a remnant on the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him,‘ This is what your son Joseph says:“ God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.For you shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your grandchildren, and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished.” ’Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you.Now you must tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt, and all that you have seen; and you must hurry and bring my father down here.”Then he fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.And he kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward his brothers talked with him.Now when the news was heard in Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants.Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,“ Say to your brothers,‘ Do this: load your livestock and go to the land of Canaan,and take your father and your households and come to me; and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.’
