⁴⁶ Joseph was thirty years old when he ^(A)stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷ Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth ^[a]abundantly. ⁴⁸ 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. ⁴⁹ Joseph gathered very much grain, ^(B)as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.

^50 (C)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. ⁵¹ Joseph called the name of the firstborn ^[b]Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my ^(D)father’s house.” ⁵² And the name of the second he called ^[c]Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be ^(E)fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

⁵³ Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended, ^54 (F)and the seven years of famine began to come, ^(G)as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ⁵⁵ 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; ^(H)whatever he says to you, do.” ⁵⁶ The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened ^[d]all the storehouses and ^(I)sold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt. ^57 (J)So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to ^(K)buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.

Announcement of the Messiah’s Reign^(A)

A Psalm of David.