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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph , "
Inasmuch as God has shown you all this ,
there is no one as discerning and wise as you .
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You shall be over 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 ."
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And Pharaoh said to Joseph , "
See ,
I have set you over all the land of Egypt ."
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Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph '
s hand ;
and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck .
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And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had ;
and they cried out before him , "
Bow the knee !"
So he set him over all the land of Egypt .
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Pharaoh 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 ."
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And Pharaoh called Joseph '
s name Zaphnath-Paaneah .
And he gave him as a wife Asenath ,
the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On .
So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt .
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Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt .
And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh ,
and went throughout all the land of Egypt .
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Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth abundantly .
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So 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 .
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Joseph gathered very much grain ,
as the sand of the sea ,
until he stopped counting ,
for it was immeasurable .
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And 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 .
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Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh : "
For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father '
s house ."
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And the name of the second he called Ephraim : "
For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction ."
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Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended ,
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and the seven years of famine began to come ,
as Joseph had said .
The famine was in all lands ,
but in all the land of Egypt there was bread .
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So 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 ;
whatever he says to you ,
do ."
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The famine was over all the face of the earth ,
and Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians .
And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt .
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So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain ,
because the famine was severe in all lands .