2. And he wept aloud; and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; does my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him, for they were terrified at his presence.
4. Then Joseph said unto his brethren, Now 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. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me here, for God sent me before you for life.
6. For these two years the famine has been in the land, and yet there are five years in which there shall neither be plowing nor harvest.