Genesis 41:46-57
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46Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:46-57
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47In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
Genesis 41:46-57
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48He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities. He stored food in each city from the fields around that city.
Genesis 41:46-57
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49Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
Genesis 41:46-57
50To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him. 51Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh,* “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”52The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Genesis 41:46-57
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53The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.54The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Genesis 41:46-57
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55The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”
Genesis 41:46-57
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56The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:46-57
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57All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.