And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

{If} I laughed on them, they believed {it} not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved {of my children}: Joseph {is} not, and Simeon {is} not, and ye will take Benjamin {away}: all these things are against me.

Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: {substance: Heb. possession}

If I had called, and he had answered me; {yet} would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

So now {it was} not you {that} sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

[A Song of degrees.] When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. {turned...: Heb. returned the returning}

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him {ruler} over all the land of Egypt. {Bow...: or, Tender father: Heb. Abrech}

Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. {be ruled: Heb. be armed, or, kiss}

And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

{If} I laughed on them, they believed {it} not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

And he gave her {his} hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: {substance: Heb. possession}

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

And Joseph {was} the governor over the land, {and} he {it was} that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him {with} their faces to the earth.

And they said, Thy servants {are} twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest {is} this day with our father, and one {is} not.