But when all the corn was eaten and there was no more food, Jacob was obliged to send Benjamin into Egypt with his brothers; for they dared not go without him.
Joseph saw them coming, and his heart was glad when he saw his brother Benjamin with them.
So he spoke to his servants and bade them make ready a feast for the ten men who had come from Canaan. Simeon he freed from prison, and all were received into his own home.
They came into the banquet hall, and again they all bowed low before Joseph, as in the dream it had been prophesied they should do.
"Is thy father well?" Joseph asked of his brothers.
And the brothers answered, "Jacob is well."
Then the tears came into the eyes of Joseph, and he looked with tenderness upon them all. But they knew him not. And in the morning of the next day they set out again for Canaan, their bags filled with corn.
But when they were departing, Joseph said to his steward, "Put my silver cup into the sack of the youngest; and when they are well out upon the road, overtake them, make a pretence of searching them for it, and bring back him in whose sack you find the cup."
The servant did as he was bid; and Benjamin, in whose sack, of course, the cup was found, was brought back to Joseph. Ashamed, the other brothers too came back and fell at Joseph's feet.
"Weep not," said Joseph. "Do you not know me? I am your brother Joseph, whom, so many years ago, you did sell into bondage."