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[verse 1] Joseph myȝte no ferthere with holde hym self, many biforn stondynge nyȝ; wherfor he comaundide that alle men shulden goon out, and noon alien were amonge to the knowyng togideres. [verse 2] And he arerid a voys with wepyng, that Egip|cyens herden, and al the hows of Pharao. [verse 3] And he seide to his bretheren, I am Jo|seph; ȝit my fader lyueth? The britheren myȝten not answere, for ful myche drede
afeerd. [verse 4] To whom he goodliche, Come [commith BDE sec. m. FH.] ner, he seide, to me. And whanne thei weren comun nyȝ, Y am, he seith, Joseph ȝoure brother, whom ȝe solden in to E|gipte; [verse 5] wole ȝe not drede, ne seme it to ȝow to be harde, that ȝe han soold me in thes regiouns; forsothe for ȝoure helthe God hath sent me bifore ȝow into Egipte. [verse 6] Two ȝeer it ys that hungur began to be in the loond, ȝit fyue ȝeers leeuen, in the whiche it may not be eerid, ne ropun; [verse 7] and God hath bifore sent me, that ȝe ben kepte vpon erthe, and meetis to lyue han ȝe mowen. [verse 8] Not thurȝ ȝoure counseil, but thurȝ the wil of God Y am sent hydir, the which hath maad me as the fader of Pharao, and lord of al the hows of hym, and prince in al the loond of Egipte. [verse 9] Hye ȝe, and stye ȝe vp to my fader, and ȝe shulen seye to hym, This biddith thi sone Joseph; God me hath maad lord of al the loond of Egipte; descende to me, [verse 10] ne abide thow, and dwel in the loond of Gessen; and thow shalt be biside me, thow, and thi sones, and the sones of thi sones, thi sheep, and thi droues, and al [verse 11] that thou hast, and there Y shal fede thee; ȝit forsothe fyue ȝeer ben leeued of hungur, lest and thow perishe, and thin hows, and al that thow hast. [verse 12] Loo! ȝoure eyen, and the eyen of my brother Benia|myn seen, that my mouth spekith to ȝow; [verse 13] tellith to my fader al my glorie, and alle thingis that ȝe han seen in Egipte; hye ȝe, and bryng ȝe hym to me. [verse 14] And whanne cleppid hadde thrist to hym the necke of Beniamyn, his brother, he wepte, and hym wepynge also vpon the necke of hym. [verse 15] And Joseph kisside alle his bri|theren, and wepte vpon echone; aftir that thei weren hardi to speke to him. [verse 16] And it is herd, and with solempne word pup|plishid in the halle of the kyng, The bre|theren of Joseph ben comun. And Pha|rao
ioyede, and al the meyne of hym; [verse 17] and he seide to Joseph, that he shulde comaunde to his britheren, seiynge, Chargynge the beestis goth into the [verse 18] loond of Chanaan, and takith fro thens ȝoure fader, and kynrede, and cometh to me, and I shal ȝyue to ȝow al the goodis of Egipte, that ȝe eeten the mary of the loond. [verse 19] Comaunde also, that thei taken the waynes of Egipte to the kariyng of her children, and wiues, and sey thow, Takith [take E.] ȝoure fader, and anoon as ȝe [verse 20] mowen comynge makith redi, ne leue ȝe not eny thing of eny purtenaunce to ȝoure howshold, for al the ryches of Egipte shulen be ȝouren. [verse 21] The children of Yrael diden, as it was bodun to hem; to whom Joseph ȝaf waynes, after the heeste of [verse 22] Pharao, and metis in the weye; and to echone he comaundide to be brouȝt forth two stolys; forsothe to Beniamyn he ȝaf thre hundryd silueren [siluer BDEFH.] pens, with fyue [verse 23] the best stolis; as feele of money and of clothing seendynge to his fader, addynge to hem ten hee assis, that shulden karye of alle the ricchessis of Egipte, and as feele she assis, whete in the weye, and breed berynge. [verse 24] Thanne he lafte his bri|theren, and to hem forth goynge seith, Ne wraththe ȝe in the weye. [verse 25] The whiche steyynge vp fro Egipte camen into the loond of Chanaan, to her fader Jacob; [verse 26] and tolden to hym, seiynge, Joseph, thi sone, lyueth, and he is lord in al the loond of Egipte. The which herde, Ja|cob as of a greet sleep awakynge; neuer|thelater he trowide not hem. [verse 27] Thei aȝen|ward tolden al the ordre of the thing; and whanne he hadde seyn the caryagis, and al that he hadde sent, aȝen quyckenyd [verse 28] the spiryt of hym, and seith, It sufficith to me, if ȝit Joseph my sone lyue, I shal go and shal se hym or Y dye.
