^{38 Ref} Then Pharaoh said to his servants, Where may we get such a man as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God?

^{39 Ref} And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:

^{40 Ref} You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.

^{41 Ref} And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.

^{42 Ref} Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;

^{43 Ref} And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

^{44 Ref} Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.

^{45 Ref} And Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, the priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph went through all the land of Egypt.

^{46 Ref} Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

^{47 Ref} Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.

^{48 Ref} And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.

^{49 Ref} So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.

^{50 Ref} And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.

^{51 Ref} And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.

^{52 Ref} And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.

^{53 Ref} And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.

^{54 Ref} Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

^{55 Ref} And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

^{56 Ref} And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

^{57 Ref} And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.