21 the Lord was with him;(A) he showed him kindness(B) and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.(C) 22 So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.(D) 23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s(E) care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.(F)

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12 Now a young Hebrew(A) was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard.(B) We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream.(C) 13 And things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was impaled.(D)

14 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon.(E) When he had shaved(F) and changed his clothes,(G) he came before Pharaoh.

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Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.”(A) When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!(B) And now, do not be distressed(C) and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here,(D) because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.(E) For two years now there has been famine(F) in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant(G) on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.[a](H)

“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.(I) He made me father(J) to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 45:7 Or save you as a great band of survivors

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