Genesis 41:37–57

Joseph’s Rise to Power

³⁷So ^gthe advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants. ³⁸And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man ^hin whom is the Spirit of God?”

³⁹Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. ⁴⁰ⁱYou shall be ⁷over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” ⁴¹And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have ^jset you over all the land of Egypt.”

⁴²Then Pharaoh ^ktook his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he ^lclothed him in garments of fine linen ^mand put a gold chain around his neck. ⁴³And he had him ride in the second ⁿchariot which he had; ^oand they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he set him ^pover all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁴Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” ⁴⁵And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name ⁸Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife ^qAsenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁶Joseph was thirty years old when he ^rstood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth ⁹abundantly. ⁴⁸So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; he laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them. ⁴⁹Joseph gathered very much grain, ^sas the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.

^50tAnd to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. ⁵¹Joseph called the name of the firstborn ¹Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my ^ufather’s house.” ⁵²And the name of the second he called ²Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be ^vfruitful in the land of my affliction.”

⁵³Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended, ^54wand the seven years of famine began to come, ^xas Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ⁵⁵So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; ^ywhatever he says to you, do.” ⁵⁶The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened ³all the storehouses and ^zsold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt. ^57aSo all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to ^bbuy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.