In Genesis 44-45, Judah pleads with Joseph to let Benjamin return with them back to Jacob, or their father will surely die in sorrow and misery. Unable to control his emotions, Joseph ordered all to leave his presence, except his brothers, and he wept loudly as he told them that he was their brother. The brothers were terrified, but Joseph said, "do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save the lives that God sent me ahead of you... God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save our lives by a great deliverance... So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. " Joseph then sent them to tell their father and to ask him to bring all his household, flocks, and belongings, and come to live in Goshen. When Jacob learned about Joseph, " he was stunned; he did not believe them. But when they told him everything Joseph said to them, and all that Joseph had sent, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. And Israel said, ' I'm convinced! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go see him before I die." Genesis 46 records that God spoke then to Israel in a vision at night and said, "Jacob! Jacob!". "Here I am," he replied. "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there. I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes." When they arrived in the land of Goshen, Joseph threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time. "Israel said to Jacob, 'Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for myself that you are still alive."