Genesis 41:37-57 - Joseph Rises To Power
37 The king and his officials approved this plan, 38 and he said to them: We will never find a better man than Joseph. He is a man who has God's Spirit in him. 39 The king said to Joseph: God has shown you all this. Therefore it is obvious that you have greater wisdom and insight than anyone else. 40 I will put you in charge of my country. All my people will obey your orders. Your authority will be second only to mine. 41 I now appoint you governor over all Egypt. 42 Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand. He clothed him in garments of fine linen and put the gold necklace around his neck. 43 He had him ride in his second chariot. They proclaimed before him: Bow the knee! Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt. 44 Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph: Though I am Pharaoh, yet without your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 45 Pharaoh named Joseph, Zaphenath-paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as his wife. And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.
46 Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.
47 During the seven years of plenty the land produced abundantly. 48 He gathered all the food of these seven years that occurred in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities. He placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields. 49 Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea. He finally stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.
50 Before the year of famine came, there were born to Joseph two sons, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. 51 Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh, because God helped him forget all his troubles and all about his father's family. 52 He named the second son Ephraim, because God made him fruitful in the land where he had suffered.
53 The seven years when there was plenty of food in Egypt came to an end. 54 The seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every other country, but there was food throughout Egypt. 55 When the Egyptians became hungry, they cried out to the king for food. So he ordered them to go to Joseph and do what he told them. 56 The famine grew worse and spread over the entire country. Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians.
57 People came to Egypt from all over the world to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.