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.
9Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:
10The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:
11And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.
12Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.
