Genesis

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Genesis 41:37
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37This advice seemed wise to Pharaoh “because," he said, “God has given me chiland all his servants, 38 and Pharaoh said to dren in the land where I've been treated his servants, "Can we find a man with more harshly." God-given gifts” than this one?" 39 Then 53 The seven years of abundance in the Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has land of Egypt came to an end, 54 and the made all this known to you, no one is as seven years of famine began, just as Joseph intelligent and wise as you are. 40 You will had said. The famine struck every country, be in charge of my kingdom, and all my but the entire land of Egypt had bread. people will obeyt your command. Only as SSWhen the famine ravaged the entire land the enthroned king will I be greater than of Egypt and the people pleaded to Pharaoh you.” 4 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Know this: for bread, Pharaoh said to all of the EgypI've given you authority over the entire land tians, "Go to Joseph. Do whatever he tells of Egypt." 42 Pharaoh took his signet ring you.” 56 The famine covered every part of from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, the land, and Joseph opened all of the grahe dressed him in linen clothes, and he put naries and sold grain to the Egyptians. In a gold necklace around his neck. 43 He put the land of Egypt, the famine became more Joseph on the chariot of his second-in- and more severe. 57Every country came to command, and everyone in front of him Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because in cried out, “Attention!" So Pharaoh installed every country the famine had also become him over the entire land of Egypt. 44 Phar- more severe. aoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh; no one will do anything or go anywhere in all the Joseph's brothers arrive in Egypt land of Egypt without your permission." . When Jacob learned that there was 45 Pharaoh renamed Joseph, Zaphenath- grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, paneah, and married him to Asenath, “Why are you staring blankly at each other? the daughter of Potiphera the priest of ?I've just heard that there's grain in Egypt. Heliopolis.
Go down there and buy some for us so that Then Joseph assumed control of the land we can survive and not starve to death.” of Egypt. 46 Joseph was 30 years old when So Joseph's ten brothers went down to he began to serve Pharaoh, Egypt's king, buy grain in Egypt. "However, Jacob didn't when he left Pharaoh's court and traveled send Joseph's brother Benjamin along with through the entire land of Egypt. 47During his brothers because he thought something the seven years of abundance, the land pro- bad might happen to him. “Israel's sons duced plentifully. 48 He collected all of the came to buy grain with others who also food during the seven years of abundance" came since the famine had spread to the in the land of Egypt, and stored the food in land of Canaan. cities. In each city, he stored the food from As for Joseph, he was the land's govthe fields surrounding it. 49 Joseph amassed ernor, and he was the one selling grain to grain like the sand of the sea. There was so all the land's people. When Joseph's brothmuch that he stopped trying to measure it ers arrived, they bowed down to him, their because it was beyond measuring. 5° Before faces to the ground. When Joseph saw his the years of famine arrived, Asenath the brothers, he recognized them, but he acted daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis,* like he didn't know them. He spoke to them gave birth to two sons for Joseph. 51 Joseph with a harsh tone and said, “Where have named the oldest son Manasseh, “because," you come from?" he said, “God has helped me forget all of my And they said, “From the land of Canaan troubles and everyone in my father's house to buy food." hold.” 52 He named the second Ephraim, Joseph recognized his brothers, but they
: 'Or like this one, in whom is the spirit of God Or house 'LXX; Heb uncertain, perhaps submit themselves to your
command "An Egyptian loanword similar to the Heb word kneel 'Heb On WLXX; MT lacks of abundance. o *Heb On Yor making forget ?Sounds like has given me children. “LXX, Syr; MT what was in them