25. Then they made ready the gift for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they would be eating a meal there.
26. When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and bowed themselves to him to the ground.
27. He asked them about their well-being and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
28. And they answered, “Your servant our father is in good health. He is still alive.” And they bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves.
29. He lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your younger brother of whom you spoke to me?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”
30. Joseph hurried out, for he was deeply moved over his brother and sought a place to weep. So he entered into his chamber and wept there.
31. Then he washed his face and came out. Controlling himself, he said, “Serve the food.”
32. They served him by himself and them by themselves and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat a meal with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
33. They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.