⁹ Now hurry^(A) back to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay.^{(B) 10} You shall live in the region of Goshen^(C) and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.^{(D) 11} I will provide for you there,^(E) because five years of famine^(F) are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’^(G)

¹² Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.^(A)

⁵ But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’