Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

When food was served, he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.” “Tell us,” Laban said.

Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.

They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment.

So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”

He answered, ‘The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family.

Pharaoh had him ride in the chariot used by his second-in-command, and they cried out before him, “Kneel down!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

Then he blessed Joseph and said, “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked – the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,