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He said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But the brothers could not answer him, because they were very afraid of him.

So it was not you who sent me here, but God. God has made me the highest officer of the king of Egypt. I am in charge of his palace, and I am the master of all the land of Egypt.

Then Joseph hugged his brother Benjamin and cried, and Benjamin cried also.

And Joseph kissed all his brothers and cried as he hugged them. After this, his brothers talked with him.

When the king of Egypt and his officers learned that Joseph's brothers had come, they were very happy.

Joseph also sent his father ten donkeys loaded with the best things from Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and other food for his father on his trip back.

Then Joseph told his brothers to go. As they were leaving, he said to them, "Don't quarrel on the way home."

So Israel took all he had and started his trip. He went to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

They also took their farm animals and everything they had gotten in Canaan. So Jacob went to Egypt with all his descendants—

his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters. He took all his family to Egypt with him.

Now these are the names of the children of Israel who went into Egypt (Jacob and his descendants). Reuben was Jacob's first son.

These are the sons of Leah and Jacob born in Northwest Mesopotamia, in addition to his daughter Dinah. There were thirty-three persons in this part of Jacob's family.

These are Jacob's sons by Zilpah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. There were sixteen persons in this part of Jacob's family.

In Egypt, Joseph became the father of Manasseh and Ephraim by his wife Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

These are the sons of Jacob by his wife Rachel. There were fourteen persons in this part of Jacob's family.

These are Jacob's sons by Bilhah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. There were seven persons in this part of Jacob's family.

Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to see Joseph in Goshen. When Jacob and his people came into the land of Goshen,

Joseph prepared his chariot and went to meet his father Israel in Goshen. As soon as Joseph saw his father, he hugged him, and cried there for a long time.

Joseph said to his brothers and his father's family, "I will go and tell the king you are here. I will say, ‘My brothers and my father's family have left the land of Canaan and have come here to me.

Joseph chose five of his brothers to introduce to the king.