²⁵ And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

¹⁵ And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?

¹⁹ And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.

³ And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

⁴⁵ 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.

⁶ For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.

⁷ God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

⁸ So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

²⁰ As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.

¹³ Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants.

²⁶ He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.

²⁷ He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.