saying, The Lord truly is risen, and has appeared to Simon!

So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions,

And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, I will go down into Sheol mourning for my son. Thus his father wept for him.

And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me: Joseph is not, Simeon is not, and you would take Benjamin. All these things are against me.

But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any harm should befall him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my gray hair in sorrow to Sheol.

and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces; and I have not seen him since.

When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; and my prayer came to You, to Your holy temple.

If I had called and He answered me, I would not believe that He had heard the voice of my prayer.

I laughed at them when they did not believe it, and did not allow the light of my countenance to fall.

i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par When Jehovah brought back the captivity of Zion, we were like those who dream.

And their words seemed to them like idle nonsense, and they did not believe them.

But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, Have you any food here?