Then he sent them home with their sacks full of grain, and took no money
for it. But when they returned the second time to Egypt, Joseph's heart
yearned for them, and for his old father and youngest brother. When they
were alone, he stood before his brothers, and, looking at them, said:
"Do you not know me? I am your brother, Joseph, the little lad whom you
sold into Egypt."
But when his brothers heard this they were much afraid, and drew away
from him, for they thought, now that he was ruler over all Egypt, he
would surely punish them for their evil treatment of him. But Joseph
said: "Come near me and do not be afraid, nor grieve that you sold me
into Egypt, for God has been with me and kept me, and made me ruler, so
that I have been able to save many people from the famine."
Then the brothers drew near, and Joseph wept with them, for he loved
them. Then he said: "Go back and bring my father, Jacob, and my youngest
brother, Benjamin, that we may live together once more."
And Joseph went to meet his father in a chariot, and brought him before
Pharaoh, and the king was much pleased, for he loved Joseph and all his
household.
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