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24 Then Joseph[a] sent his brothers away, and they left for home.[b] As they were leaving, Joseph admonished them, “Don’t quarrel on the way back!”

25 So Joseph’s brothers[c] left Egypt and returned to the land of Canaan and to their father Jacob, 26 where they informed their father, “Joseph is still alive! As a matter of fact, he’s ruling the entire land of Egypt.” But Jacob didn’t believe them, because he had become cynical.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 45:24 Lit. he
  2. Genesis 45:24 The Heb. lacks for home
  3. Genesis 45:25 Lit. So they
  4. Genesis 45:26 Lit. because his heart had become numb