2. And he raised his voice in weeping; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3. And Joseph said to his brethren, I am Joseph. Does my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence.
4. And Joseph said to his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
5. And now, be not grieved, and be not angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
6. For the famine has been these two years in the land; and yet there are five years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest.
7. So God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
8. And now it was not you that sent me here, but God and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and governor over all the land of Egypt.
9. Haste and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says thy son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, tarry not.
10. And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near to me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, and thy sheep, and thy cattle, and all that thou hast.