6 “For two years now the scarcity of food has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there is neither ploughing nor harvesting.
7 “And Elohim sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to give life to you by a great escape.
8 “So then, you did not send me here, but Elohim. And He has set me for a father to Pharaoh, and master of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.
9 “Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Yosĕph, “Elohim has made me master of all Mitsrayim. Come down to me, do not delay.
10 “And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and be near to me, you and your children, your children’s children, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have.
11 “And I shall provide for you there, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty, because five years of scarcity of food are still to come.” ’
12 “And look, your eyes and the eyes of my brother Binyamin see that it is my mouth that speaks to you.