2And so loud was his weeping, that it came to the ears of the Egyptians and all Pharaoh's house.
3And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph: is my father still living? But his brothers were not able to give him an answer for they were troubled before him.
4Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.
5Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.
6For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.
7God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.
8So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
