"For these two years," he continued, "hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing not harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me tarry not: and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: and there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you." "And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him." They humbly confessed their sin and entreated his forgiveness. They had long suffered anxiety and remorse, and now they rejoiced that he was still alive.

Da han så deres rådvildhed, sagde han venligt: "Kom hen til mig!" og da de kom nærmere, fortsatte han: "Jeg er Eders broder Josef, som I solgte til Ægypten; men nu skal I ikke græmme Eder eller være forknytte, fordi I solgte mig herhen, thi Gud har sendt mig forud for Eder for at opholde liv." Han følte,at de allerede havde lidt nok for deres grusomhed mod ham og søgte nu ædelmodigt at drive deres frygt på flugt og formindske deres bitre selvbebrejdelser.