Genesis 41:37-49

Legacy Standard Bible

Joseph Is Set over Egypt

³⁷ And the ^[a]proposal seemed good ^[b]to Pharaoh and ^[c]to all his servants. ³⁸ Then Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, ^(A)in whom is a divine spirit?” ³⁹ So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made you know all of this, there is no one so ^(B)understanding and wise as you are. ^40 (C)You shall be over my house, and according to your ^[d]command all my people shall ^[e]do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you.” ⁴¹ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you ^(D)over all the land of Egypt.” ⁴² Then Pharaoh ^(E)removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand and clothed him in garments of fine linen and ^(F)put the gold necklace around his neck. ⁴³ And he had him ride in ^[f]his second chariot; and they called out before him, “^[g]Bow the knee!” And he set him over all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁴ Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Though I am Pharaoh, yet ^(G)without ^[h]your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” ⁴⁵ Then Pharaoh named Joseph ^[i]Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of ^[j](H)On, as a wife. And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.

⁴⁶ Now Joseph was ^(I)thirty years old when he ^[k]stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and passed through all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷ And during the seven years of plenty the land brought forth ^[l]abundantly. ⁴⁸ So he gathered all the food of these seven years which happened in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields. ⁴⁹ Thus Joseph stored up grain ^[m]in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped ^[n]measuring it, for it was ^[o]beyond measure.