Rung 1 of 8
The story
What happens, plainly.
Yehudah steps forward and pleads with the Egyptian ruler to keep him as a slave in Binyamin's place, because their father will die if the boy does not come home. Yosef cannot hold back any longer; he sends everyone out, says to his brothers, "I am Yosef," and weeps on Binyamin's neck. He tells them not to be distressed, because G‑d sent him ahead to keep them alive, and he sends wagons to bring their father down. When Yaakov sees the wagons, his spirit revives, and G‑d tells him in a night vision not to be afraid to go down to Egypt. Seventy souls of Yaakov's house go down, and Yosef meets his father in Goshen and weeps on his neck. Through the years of famine Yosef feeds his family, and all of Egypt sells its herds and land to Pharaoh for bread.