2 Joseph cried so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and the people in the king’s palace heard about it.
3 He said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” But the brothers could not answer him, because they were very afraid of him.
4 So Joseph said to them, “Come close to me.” When the brothers came close to him, he said to them, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold as a slave to go to Egypt.
5 Now don’t be worried or angry with yourselves because you sold me here. God sent me here ahead of you to save people’s lives.
6 No food has grown on the land for two years now, and there will be five more years without planting or harvest.
7 So God sent me here ahead of you to make sure you have some descendants left on earth and to keep you alive in an amazing way.
8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God. God has made me the highest officer of the king of Egypt. I am in charge of his palace, and I am the master of all the land of Egypt.