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And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.
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And this dream came to Pharaoh twice, because this thing is certain, and God will quickly make it come about.
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And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.
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Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.
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And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.
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And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.
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And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
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Then Pharaoh said to his servants, Where may we get such a man as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God?
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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:
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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.
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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.
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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;
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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.
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.
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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.
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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.
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Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.
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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.
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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.
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And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.
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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.