15. Joseph was still crying as he kissed each of his other brothers. After this, they started talking with Joseph.
16. When it was told in the palace that Joseph's brothers had come, the king and his officials were happy.
17. So the king said to Joseph:Tell your brothers to load their donkeys and return to Canaan.
18. They must bring their father and their families here. I will give them the best land in Egypt, and they can eat and enjoy everything that grows on it.
19. Also tell your brothers to take some wagons from Egypt for their wives and children to ride in. And they must be sure to bring their father.
20. They can leave their possessions behind, because they will be given the best of everything in Egypt.
21. Jacob's sons agreed to do what the king had said. And Joseph gave them wagons and food for their trip home, just as the king had ordered.
22. Joseph gave some new clothes to each of his brothers, but to Benjamin he gave five new outfits and three hundred pieces of silver.
23. To his father he sent ten donkeys loaded with the best things in Egypt, and ten other donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for the return trip.
24. Then he sent his brothers off and told them, “Don't argue on the way home!”
25. Joseph's brothers left Egypt, and when they arrived in Canaan,
26. they told their father that Joseph was still alive and was the ruler of Egypt. But their father was so surprised that he could not believe them.
27. Then they told him everything Joseph had said. When he saw the wagons Joseph had sent, he felt much better