39. So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “God showed these things to you, so you must be the wisest man.
40. I will put you in charge of my country, and the people will obey all your commands. I will be the only one more powerful than you.”
41. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I now make you governor over all of Egypt.”
42. Then Pharaoh gave his special ring to Joseph. The royal seal was on this ring. Pharaoh also gave Joseph a fine linen robe and put a gold chain around his neck.
43. Then he told Joseph to ride in his second chariot. Pharaoh’s officials said, “Let him be the governor over the whole land of Egypt!”
44. Then Pharaoh said to him, “I am Pharaoh, the king over everyone in Egypt, but no one else in Egypt can lift a hand or move a foot unless you say he can.”
45. Then Pharaoh gave Joseph another name, Zaphenath Paneah. He also gave Joseph a wife named Asenath. She was the daughter of Potiphera, a priest in the city of On. So Joseph became the governor over the whole country of Egypt.
46. Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving the king of Egypt. He traveled throughout the country of Egypt.
47. During the seven good years, the crops in Egypt grew very well.
48. Joseph saved the food in Egypt during those seven years and stored the food in the cities. In every city he stored grain that grew in the fields around the city.
49. Joseph stored so much grain that it was like the sands of the sea. He stored so much grain that it could not be measured.