Genesis 41:36   (Read all of Genesis 41)

This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the country may not be ruined by the famine."

Genesis 41:37   (Read all of Genesis 41)

The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials.

Genesis 41:38   (Read all of Genesis 41)

So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God ?"

Genesis 41:39   (Read all of Genesis 41)

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.

Genesis 41:40   (Read all of Genesis 41)

You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you."

Genesis 41:41   (Read all of Genesis 41)

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt."

Genesis 41:42   (Read all of Genesis 41)

Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.

Genesis 41:43   (Read all of Genesis 41)

He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command, and people shouted before him, "Make way !" Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:44   (Read all of Genesis 41)

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt."

Genesis 41:46   (Read all of Genesis 41)

Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh's presence and traveled throughout Egypt.

Genesis 41:47   (Read all of Genesis 41)

During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully.

Genesis 41:48   (Read all of Genesis 41)

Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it.

Genesis 41:49   (Read all of Genesis 41)

Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

Genesis 41:50   (Read all of Genesis 41)

Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

Genesis 41:51   (Read all of Genesis 41)

Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, "It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."

Genesis 41:52   (Read all of Genesis 41)

The second son he named Ephraim and said, "It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

Genesis 41:53   (Read all of Genesis 41)

The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end,

Genesis 41:54   (Read all of Genesis 41)

and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.

Genesis 41:56   (Read all of Genesis 41)

When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt.

Genesis 41:57   (Read all of Genesis 41)

And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.

Genesis 42:1   (Read all of Genesis 42)

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you just keep looking at each other?"

Genesis 42:2   (Read all of Genesis 42)

He continued, "I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die."

Genesis 42:4   (Read all of Genesis 42)

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.

Genesis 42:5   (Read all of Genesis 42)

So Israel's sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.