⁴⁶ Now Joseph was ^(A)thirty years old when he ^[a]stood in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷ During the seven years of plenty the land produced ^[b]abundantly. ⁴⁸ So he collected all the food of these seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt and put the food in the cities; he put in every city the food from its own surrounding fields. ⁴⁹ Joseph stored up grain ^[c]in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped ^[d]measuring it, for it was ^[e]beyond measure.

The Sons of Joseph

⁵⁰ Now before the year of famine came, ^(B)two sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of ^[f]On, bore to him. ⁵¹ Joseph named the firstborn ^[g]Manasseh; “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all of my father’s household.” ⁵² And he named the second ^[h]Ephraim; “For,” he said, “^(C)God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

⁵³ When the seven years of plenty which had taken place in the land of Egypt came to an end, ⁵⁴ and ^(D)the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said, then there was famine in all the lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ⁵⁵ So when all the land of Egypt suffered famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; ^(E)whatever he says to you, you shall do.” ⁵⁶ When the famine was spread over the entire face of the earth, then Joseph opened all ^[i]the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. ⁵⁷ Then the people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because ^(F)the famine was severe in all the earth.

Joseph’s Brothers Sent to Egypt

42 Now ^(G)Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?” ² Then he said, “Look, ^(H)I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from ^[j]that place, ^(I)so that we may live and not die.” ³ So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. ⁴ But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother ^(J)Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “^(K)I am afraid that harm may happen to him.” ⁵ So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, ^(L)because the famine was also in the land of Canaan.

⁶ Now ^(M)Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold grain to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and ^(N)bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. ⁷ When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and ^(O)spoke to them harshly. He said to them, “Where have you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

⁸ But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although ^(P)they did not recognize him. ⁹ And Joseph ^(Q)remembered the dreams which he ^[k]had about them, and he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to look at the ^[l]undefended parts of our land.”