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Joseph Rises to Power

Genesis 41:41-57

Chapter 41

⁴¹ Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have given you over all the land of Egypt." ⁴² Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand. He clothed him in garments of fine linen and put the gold chain on his neck. ⁴³ He made him ride in the second chariot that was his, and they called before him, "Bow the knee!" He put him over all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁴ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you no man will lift his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt." ⁴⁵ And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera priest of On as wife, and Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. ⁴⁶ Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before Pharaoh and passed through all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷ And the land produced during the seven years of plenty. ⁴⁸ And he gathered all the food of the seven years that were in the land of Egypt, and he stored food in the cities—the food from the fields around each city he stored in that city. ⁴⁹ Joseph heaped up grain like the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting it, for it could not be numbered. ⁵⁰ Before the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him. ⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for "God has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house." ⁵² He called the name of the second Ephraim, for God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. ⁵³ And the seven years of plenty ended, the seven years that were in the land of Egypt. ⁵⁴ The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ⁵⁵ When the whole land of Egypt was hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all Egypt, "Go to Joseph; do whatever he tells you." ⁵⁶ And the famine was over all the face of the land, and Joseph opened all that was in them and sold to the Egyptians, and the famine grew strong in the land of Egypt. ⁵⁷ And all the land came to Egypt to buy from Joseph, for the famine had become severe in all the land.