19. Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid! I can’t take God’s place.
20. Even though you planned evil against me, God planned good to come out of it. This was to keep many people alive, as he is doing now.
21. Don’t be afraid! I will provide for you and your children.” In this way he reassured them, setting their minds at ease.
22. Joseph and his father’s family stayed in Egypt. Joseph lived to be 110 years old.
23. He saw his grandchildren, Ephraim’s children. Even the children of Machir, son of Manasseh, were adopted by Joseph at birth.