22 And we said to our lord, 'A lad cannot leave his father, and if he forsake his father, this one shall die.'

23 But thou hast said unto thy servants, Unless thy younger brother come with thee, ye shall no more appear unto me in thy face.

24 And when we came to thy servant our father, we told him the words of my lord.

25 And our father said, 'Go again, and buy us some food.'

26 We said, We must not go; but if our younger brother be with us, let us go; for we cannot see the face of that man, unless our least brother is with us.

27 And thy servant our father said unto us, 'Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;

28 One went away from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces; and I have not seen him until now;

29 If you take this also from my sight, and misfortune befalls him, you will bring my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.

30 Now if I come to thy servant our father, and there shall be no servant with us, with whose soul his soul is bound,

31 And when he saw that the child was gone, he would die; and thy servants shall bring down the gray hair of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

32 And I, thy servant, undertook to answer for my father for the lad, saying, 'If I do not bring him to thee, I will remain guilty before my father all the days of my life.'

33 Therefore let I, thy servant, remain my master's servant instead of the lad, and let the lad go with his brethren.

34 For how shall I go to my father, when the child is not with me? I would have seen the calamity that would have befallen my father.

Chapter 45

1 Joseph could no longer restrain himself in the presence of all those who stood near him, and cried out, "Take away all from me." And there was no one left with Joseph when he made himself known to his brethren.

2 And he wept aloud, and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

3 And Joseph said to his brethren, 'I am Joseph, is my father still alive?' But his brothers could not answer him, because they were troubled before him.

4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come unto me. They approached. He said, "I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt;

5 but now grieve not, nor be sorry that you have sold me hither, for God has sent me before you to preserve your life;

6 For now are two years of famine in the land: there are still five years, in which they will neither plow nor reap;

7 God sent me before you to leave you on earth and keep you alive with a great deliverance.