Psalm 25^[a]

Of David.

³⁷ The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials.^{(A) 38} So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God^[a]?”^(B)

³⁹ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you,^(C) there is no one so discerning and wise as you.^{(D) 40} You shall be in charge of my palace,^(E) and all my people are to submit to your orders.^(F) Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.^(G)”

Joseph in Charge of Egypt

⁴¹ So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.”^{(H) 42} Then Pharaoh took his signet ring^(I) from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes^(J) of fine linen^(K) and put a gold chain around his neck.^{(L) 43} He had him ride in a chariot^(M) as his second-in-command,^[b](N) and people shouted before him, “Make way^[c]!”^(O) Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.^(P)

⁴⁴ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.”^{(Q) 45} Pharaoh gave Joseph^(R) the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest^(S) of On,^[d](T) to be his wife.^(U) And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.

⁴⁶ Joseph was thirty years old^(V) when he entered the service^(W) of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout Egypt. ⁴⁷ During the seven years of abundance^(X) the land produced plentifully. ⁴⁸ Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities.^(Y) In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. ⁴⁹ Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea;^(Z) it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

⁹ “Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph,^(A) they sold him as a slave into Egypt.^(B) But God was with him^{(C) 10} and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.^(D)

¹¹ “Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.^{(E) 12} When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.^{(F) 13} On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was,^(G) and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.^{(H) 14} After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family,^(I) seventy-five in all.^{(J) 15} Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.^{(K) 16} Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.^(L)