Genesis 41:38-52

New International Version

³⁸ So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God^[a]?”^(A)

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

Joseph in Charge of Egypt

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

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

⁴⁶ Joseph was thirty years old^(U) when he entered the service^(V) of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout Egypt. ⁴⁷ During the seven years of abundance^(W) 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.^(X) 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;^(Y) it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

⁵⁰ Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.^{(Z) 51} Joseph named his firstborn^(AA) Manasseh^[e](AB) and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” ⁵² The second son he named Ephraim^[f](AC) and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful^(AD) in the land of my suffering.”