Joseph Exalted in Egypt. 

Genesis 41:33-57

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Genesis 41:33 Nowtherefore, let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and place him over the land of Egypt,

Genesis 41:34 so that he may appoint overseers throughout all the regions. And let a fifth part of the fruits, throughout the seven fertile years

Genesis 41:35 that now have already begun to occur, be gathered into storehouses. And let all the grain be stored away, under the power of Pharaoh, and let it be kept in the cities.

Genesis 41:36 And let it be prepared for the future famine of seven years, which will oppress Egypt, and then the land will not be consumed by destitution.”

Genesis 41:37 The counsel pleased Pharaoh and all his ministers.

Genesis 41:38 And he said to them, “Would we be able to find another such man, who is full of the Spirit of God?”

Genesis 41:39 Therefore, he said to Joseph: “Because God has revealed to you all that you have said, would I be able to find anyone wiser and as much like you?

Genesis 41:40 You will be over my house, and to the authority of your mouth, all the people will show obedience. Only in one way, in the throne of the kingdom, will I go before you.”

Genesis 41:41 And again, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have appointed you over the entire land of Egypt.”

Genesis 41:42 And he took the ring from his own hand, and he gave it into his hand. And he clothed him with a robe of fine linen, and he placed a necklace of gold around his neck.

Genesis 41:43 And he caused him to ascend upon his second swift chariot, with the herald proclaiming that everyone should bend their knee before him, and that they should know that he was governor over the entire land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:44 Likewise, the king said to Joseph: “I am Pharaoh: apart from your authority, no one will move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”

Genesis 41:45 And he changed his name and called him, in the Egyptian tongue: ‘Savior of the world.’ And he gave him as a wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. And so Joseph went out into the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:46 (Now he was thirty years old when he stood in the sight of king Pharaoh.) And he traveled throughout the regions of Egypt.

Genesis 41:47 And the fertility of the seven years arrived. And when the grain fields were reduced to sheaves, these were gathered into the storehouses of Egypt.

Genesis 41:48 And now all the abundance of grain was stored away in every city.

Genesis 41:49 And there was such a great abundance of wheat that it was comparable to the sands of the sea, and its bounty exceeded all measure.

Genesis 41:50 Then, before the famine arrived, Joseph had two sons born, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore for him.

Genesis 41:51 And he called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has caused me to forget all my labors and the house of my father.”

Genesis 41:52 Likewise, he named the second Ephraim, saying, “God has caused me to increase in the land of my poverty.”

Genesis 41:53 And so, when the seven years of fertility that occurred in Egypt had passed,

Genesis 41:54 the seven years of destitution, which Joseph had predicted, began to arrive. And the famine prevailed throughout the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:55 And being hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh, asking for provisions. And he said to them: “Go to Joseph. And do whatever he will tell you.”

Genesis 41:56 Then the famine increased daily in all the land. And Joseph opened all of the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. For the famine had oppressed them also.

Genesis 41:57 And all the provinces came to Egypt, to buy food and to temper the misfortune of their destitution.