Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers

For more detail, search Genesis 45.

Joseph could hold back no longer; hence, weeping aloud, he revealed himself to his brothers (Genesis 45:1,2).

"And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were trobuled at his presence" (Genesis 45:3).

Joseph had his brothers to come closer to him "[a]nd he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt" (Genesis 45:4).

Joseph went on to say for his brothers not to be grieved or angry with themselves for selling him because God sent him before them to preserve life (Genesis 45:5).

"And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance" (Genesis 45:7).

"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" (Genesis 45:8).

"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" (Genesis 45:9):

"And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children'ts children, and thy flocks, and thy herds and all that thou hast" (Genesis 45:10):

"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" (Genesis 45:11).

"And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you" (Genesis 45:12).

"And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither" (Genesis 45:13).

"And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck" (Genesis 45:14).

"Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him" (Genesis 45:15).

"And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants" (Genesis 45:16).

The Pharaoh commanded the brothers to go to Canaan to bring back their father and their households to him and told them he will give them "...the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land" (Genesis 45:18). The brothers were given wagons and provisions for their trip as well as goods for their father (Genesis 45:21-23).

The brothers made it to Canaan to tell their father. After a while, Israel was convinced to go to Egypt and said, "It is enough, Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die" (Genesis 45:28).