Genesis 45:15-28

With tears streaming down his face, Joseph kissed each brother, one by one. After their tearful, emotional embrace, they took time to speak brother-to-brother. The news reached Pharaoh’s house: “Joseph’s brothers have come.” Pharaoh and his officials were greatly pleased when they heard it. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers: ‘Load your donkeys and return to Canaan. Get your father and your families and come back to me. I will give you the best of the land in Egypt, and you will enjoy the fat of the land.’ Tell them also: ‘Take Egyptian wagons with you for your wives and little ones and bring their father with them. Give no thought to leaving your possessions behind; the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.’ ” Israel’s sons did as they were instructed. Joseph gave them wagons, as the king had ordered, and provided food for their journey. He gave each of them a set of garments, and to Benjamin he also gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of garments. He sent his father ten donkeys loaded with the best Egyptian goods and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and other provisions for the journey. Then he sent his brothers off, admonishing them, “Don’t quarrel along the way.” And they departed. They left Egypt and went back home to their father Jacob in Canaan. When they arrived, they ran to their father and announced, “Joseph is still alive! Not only that, he is the ruler of all Egypt!” The news so stunned Jacob that he nearly fainted. He could not believe his ears! But when they told him all that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons Joseph had sent to take him to Egypt, he recovered from the shock. “My son Joseph is still alive!” Israel said. “Now I’m convinced! I must go to see him before I die.”