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Heart of David Study Bible GENESIS

has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of
Mitsrayim. Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘This is what your son Yoseph
says, “Elohim has made me lord of all Mitsrayim. Come down to me. Don’t wait. You
shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your
children’s children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. There I will nourish
you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your
household, and all that you have.”’ Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother
Benyamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. You shall tell my father of all my
glory in Mitsrayim, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father
down here.” He fell on his brother Benyamin’s neck, and wept, and Benyamin wept on
his neck. He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked
with him.
The report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Yoseph’s brothers have
come.” It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. Pharaoh said to Yoseph, “Tell your
brothers, ‘Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Kayinan. Take your
father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of
Mitsrayim, and you will eat the fat of the land.’ Now you are commanded: do this. Take
wagons out of the land of Mitsrayim for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring
your father, and come. Also, don’t concern yourselves about your belongings, for the

good of all of the land of Mitsrayim is yours.”
The sons of Yisrael did so. Yoseph gave them wagons, according to the
commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. He gave each one of
them changes of clothing, but to Benyamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and
five changes of clothing. He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with
the good things of Mitsrayim, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and
provision for his father by the way. So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He
said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.”
They went up out of Mitsrayim, and came into the land of Kayinan, to Ya`aqob
their father. They told him, saying, “Yoseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land
of Mitsrayim.” His heart fainted, for he didn’t believe them. They told him all the words
of Yoseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Yoseph had sent
to carry him, the spirit of Ya`aqob, their father, revived. Yisrael said, “It is enough.
Yoseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”
Yisrael traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered
sacrifices to the Elohim of his father, Yitshak. Elohim spoke to Yisrael in the visions of
the night, and said, “Ya`aqob, Ya`aqob!”
He said, “Here I am.”
He said, “I am Elohim, the Elohim of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into
Mitsrayim, for there I will make of you a great nation. I will go down with you into
Mitsrayim. I will also surely bring you up again and Yoseph will close your eyes.”
Ya`aqob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Yisrael carried Ya`aqob, their
father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry

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