1 THEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, [ Everyone, presumably including the interpreter, is asked to leave, implying that Joseph will now revert to the Hebrew language. ] while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

2 And he wept aloud: [ "He wept aloud" is literally "he gave forth his voice in weeping," a much more powerful emotion. ] and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. [ What thoughts do you suppose were going through the heads of the brothers? Why do you think they were worried? ]

4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. [ That ye caused to be sold into Egypt. ]

5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. [ Joseph knows why things happened the way that they did. ]

6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

8 so now it was not you that sent me hither, [ Well now that is not quite all true, they did try to get rid of him, and here Joseph is suggesting that it was all in God's hands. ] 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.

9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

15  Moreover he kissed all his brethren, [ How did Joseph show that he had forgiven his brothers? What do you think that did to his brother spiritually? What does the world teach us to do when someone has wronged us? What does the Lord Teach us to do? D&C 64:8-11 ] and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. [ He treated the guilty the same way that he treated the innocent. ]

16 ¶ And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. [ Do you think that Pharaoh knew what had happened to Joseph at the hand of his brother's? If he did do you think he would have been so forgiving, so kind to them? The Pharaoh is excited about them coming as a matter of fact bring everyone, and I will take care of them. ]

19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, [ Make their journey easy. ] and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

22  To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; [ Even though his brother's had stripped him of his raiment he gave unto them each a change of clothes for the trip. ] but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

24 so he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

25 ¶ And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,

26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.

27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: [ The account ends with the revelation that Joseph is in fact still alive. Joseph explains the whole story, but oddly enough, he doesn't explain why he has been leading them on the whole time. In any case, they send for his entire family and the whole batch of them move from Canaan to Egypt. Thus, setting the stage for the Exodus. Of interesting Note: What was the style of living amoung the Egyptians? Despite living among Egyptians, who's practices are quite idolatrous and lascivious, he does not give in to their ways and remains firm in his moral and religious convictions. All of this and he even marries and Egyptian woman and raises two sons who turn out to be pretty good. ] I will go and see him before I die. [ ADDITIONAL PROPHECIES OF JOSEPH. 2 Nephi 3:5-15 or JST Genesis 50:24-38 Prophecies of Joseph concerning the Modern day Joseph Before the Death of Joseph, he recorded some rather amazing prophecies.We have them today from both the Book Of Mormon and the Joseph Smith Transaltion of the 50th Chapter of Genesis. 1) He knew the name of the great emancipator would be "Moses" 2 Nephi 3:10; Genesis 50:29,34 2) He knew Moses would be raised by the Kings daughter and would be called her son Genesis 50:29 3) He knew that Moses would us a rod with which he would perform miracles 2 Nephi 3:17 Genesis 50:34 4) He knew Moses would have the power to "smite the waters of the red sea" Genesis 50:34 5) He knew that Moses would be slow of speech because the Lord would not loosen his tongue 2 Nephi 3:17 6) He knew Moses would have a spokesman appointed to speak for him 2 Nephi 3:17; Genesis 50:35 7)He knew the name of that spokesman would be "Aaron" 2 Nephi 3:17; Genesis 50:35 8) He knew while Moses would be slow to speak he would be great in writing 2 Nephi 3:17; Genesis 50:35 9) He knew the Lord would personally inscribe the Law of Moses "By the fingure of mine own hand" 2 Nephi 3:17; Genesis 50:35 1) He knew that God would raise up a righteous branch, that would be "broken off and shall be carried into a far country"2 Nephi 3:5; Genesis 50:25 2) He knew that this branch would be "remembered when the Messiah cometh" 2 Nephi 3:5; Genesis 50:25 3)He knew the Mesiah would appear to his descendants "in the latter-days" and would bring his posterity "out of the Darkness into light" and "out of captivity unto freedom" 2 Nephi 3:5; Genesis 50:25 4) He knew that in a "far country" a great prophet or seer would be raised up who would be "esteemed highly" by Joseph's posterity. 2 Nephi 3:6-7; Genesis 50:25-26 5) He knew that the seer of the Latter days would do a great work for Joseph's posterity and he would be "great" in the eyes of God because he would have an exclusive assignment from the Lord 2 Nephi 3:7-8; Genesis 50:27-29 6) He knew this latter-day seer would be given revelations and have the power to bring forth my word unto th descendants of Joseph 2 Nephi 3:11; Genesis 50:30 7) He knew that this seer would have the ability to rebuild their faith in the scriptures which had already come into their possession "in the last days"2 Nephi 3:11; Genesis 50:30 8) He knew that his descendants would write a testament of God's revelations to them 2 Nephi 3:12; Genesis 50:30 9) He knew that the Jews would write a testament of God's revealed word to them 2 Nephi 3:12; Genesis 50:30 10) He knew these two testaments would grow together and become a single canon of scripture 2 Nephi 3:12; Genesis 50:30 11) He knew that these two testaments would combine to put down false doctrines, eliminate contentions and establish peace amoung Joseph's descendants of the Latter-days 2 Nephi 3:12; Genesis 50:30 12) He knew that those who undertook to destroy the Lord's seer in the Latter-days would be confounded 2 Nephi 3:14; Genesis 50:33 13) He knew that this seer to be raised up in the Latter-days would be named Joseph 2 Nephi 3:15; Genesis 50:33 14) He knew that his Father would also be named Joseph 2 Nephi 3:15; Genesis 50:33 15)He knew that this seer would be like unto the Joseph that was sold into Egypt.2 Nephi 3:15; Genesis 50:33 16) He knew that he would have qualities like unto Moses 2 Nephi 3:13; Genesis 50:20 17 He knew that this seer would begin his calling in abject weakness but would "be made strong" 2 Nephi 3:13; Genesis 50:32 18) This latter-day Joseph would start a program of gathering and restoring Israel 2 Nephi 3:13; Genesis 50:32 19) He knew this Joseph would have a spokesman like Moses 2 Nephi 3:18 20) He knew that he would have tha ability to restore those things that had been written "Many generations" earlier 2 Nephi 3:18-20 21)He even knew that these writings would come from a seceret burial place in the earth as "they would cry from the dust...after many generations have gone by" 2 Nephi 3:20 22)He knew that these writings would not be eloquent but would be noted for there "simpleness"and though they would be referred to as "weak" by many they would none the less throught God be strong in converting Israel and establishing his covenant with them 2 Nephi 3:21 What other evidences do we have that these verses were lost? Hebrew history, Jewish history and Samaritian text which includes: 1) They believe that there will be a modern day Joseph that will come through Ephraim they reffer to him as "the son of Ephraim" 2) They call him "Teal" which means "restorer", "he who returns", "he who causes to return" 3) They believe he would call the people to repentance and bring back better days for Israel 4)They belive this Joseph of the Latterday "will restore everywhere the thrue Law to its validity and convert all peoples, especially the Jews to the Samaritian [Ephramite] religion. 5) He will come shortly befor the coming of Shilo(The Savior) 6) His mission will commence about the time the prophet Elijah comes as promised in Malachi 7) In preparing mankind for the coming of Shilo he will enter into a great contest with anti-Christ forces 8) In their text it also says that this latter-day prohet named Joseph will be killed by the Anti-christ.. 2 Nephi 3: 5 Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day. And he obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unto light--yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom. 6 For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins. 7 Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers. 8 And I will give unto him a commandment that he shall do none other work, save the work which I shall command him. And I will make him great in mine eyes; for he shall do my work. 9 And he shall be great like unto Moses, whom I have said I would raise up unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel. 10 And Moses will I raise up, to deliver thy people out of the land of Egypt. 11 But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins--and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have already gone forth among them. 12 Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord. 13 And out of weakness he shall be made strong, in that day when my work shall commence among all my people, unto the restoring thee, O house of Israel, saith the Lord. 14 And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise; 15 And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation. ]