Genesis 41:37-49

Modern English Version

Joseph Rises to Power

³⁷ The counsel seemed good to Pharaoh and to all of his servants. ³⁸ Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom is the Spirit of God?”

³⁹ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. ⁴⁰ You will be over my house, and according to your word all my people will be ruled. Only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

⁴¹ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” ⁴² Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand and arrayed him in clothes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. ⁴³ Then he had him ride in the second chariot which was his, and they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he set him over all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁴ Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man will lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” ⁴⁵ Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah, and he gave him a wife, Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On.^[a] And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁶ Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went throughout all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷ In the seven abundant years the earth brought forth plentifully. ⁴⁸ So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which was in the land of Egypt and laid up the food in the cities. He put in every city the food of the fields which surrounded the city. ⁴⁹ Joseph gathered great quantities of grain as the sand of the sea until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.