Jubilees 43

Judah stepped forward and said: Please, my lord, let your servant speak. Do not be angry, for you are equal to Pharaoh.

REF And Judah came near and said: 'O my lord, let thy servant speak.'

We told you: We have an aged father and a young boy born in his old age. The boy's brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children.

REF 'We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age.'

We said: The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves, his father will die.

REF 'The lad cannot leave his father.'

But you told us: Unless your youngest brother comes, you shall not see my face again.

REF 'Thou saidst: Bring him down.'

We went back and told our father. He said: Go back and buy a little food.

REF And our father said: 'Go again and buy food.'

We said: We cannot go unless our youngest brother goes with us.

REF 'We cannot go without our youngest brother.'

Your servant my father said: You know my wife bore me two sons. One went away, and I have not seen him since.

REF And our father said: 'My wife bare me two sons; one went away.'

If you take this one too and something happens to him, you will bring my grey head down to the grave in sorrow.

REF 'If ye take this one and harm befall him, ye will bring my grey hairs to the grave.'

If I go back without the boy — and his life is bound up with the boy's life — he will die when he sees the boy is not with us.

REF 'His soul is bound up with the lad's soul.'

Your servant pledged himself as surety. If I do not bring him back, I will bear the blame forever.

REF 'I became surety for the lad.'

Let your servant remain as a slave in place of the boy. Let the boy go home. How could I face my father without him?

REF 'Let me remain instead of the boy.'

Joseph could no longer contain himself. He cried out: Send everyone away! No one remained when Joseph revealed himself.

REF And Joseph could not restrain himself.

He wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard. He said to his brothers: I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?

REF And he wept aloud and said: 'I am Joseph! Doth my father yet live?'

His brothers could not answer him, for they were overwhelmed with shock.

REF And his brethren could not answer him.

Joseph said: I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. Do not be grieved, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.

REF And Joseph said: 'I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.'

The famine has been in the land for two years, and five years remain. God sent me to preserve you as a remnant.

REF 'God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant.'

It was not you who sent me here — it was God. He has made me ruler over all Egypt.

REF 'It was not you who sent me here, but God.'

Hurry! Go to my father and tell him: Your son Joseph says — God has made me lord over Egypt. Come down to me.

REF 'Go up to my father and tell him.'

You will live in the land of Goshen and be near me — you, your children, your flocks, and everything you own.

REF 'Thou shalt dwell in Goshen.'

Joseph threw his arms around Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. He kissed all his brothers and wept over them.

REF And Joseph wept on Benjamin's neck, and kissed all his brethren.

Pharaoh was pleased and said: Tell your brothers — bring your father and families. I will give you the best of Egypt.

REF And Pharaoh said: 'Bring your father and come to me.'