⁴⁰ You shall be in charge of my palace,^(A) and all my people are to submit to your orders.^(B) Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.^(C)”

Joseph in Charge of Egypt

⁴¹ So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.”^{(D) 42} Then Pharaoh took his signet ring^(E) from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes^(F) of fine linen^(G) and put a gold chain around his neck.^{(H) 43} He had him ride in a chariot^(I) as his second-in-command,^[a](J) and people shouted before him, “Make way^[b]!”^(K) Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.^(L)

⁴⁴ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.”^(M)

²⁶ They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.”^(A) Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them.^(B)

⁸ “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.^(A) He made me father^(B) to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.^(C)

⁵⁵ When all Egypt began to feel the famine,^(A) the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do what he tells you.”^(B)