The Scriptures 1998

Genesis 41:41-53 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

41. And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Mitsrayim.”

42. And Pharaoh took his seal-ring off his hand and put it on Yosĕph’s hand. And he dressed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.

43. And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had. And they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” And he set him over all the land of Mitsrayim.

44. And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “I am Pharaoh, and without a word from you let no man lift his hand or foot in all the land of Mitsrayim.”

45. And Pharaoh called Yosĕph’s name Zaphnath-Pa‛nĕaḥ. And he gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. And Yosĕph went out over all the land of Mitsrayim.

46. Now Yosĕph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim. And Yosĕph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.

47. And in the seven years of plenty the ground brought forth generously.

48. And he gathered all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Mitsrayim, and laid up the food in the cities. He laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them.

49. Thus Yosĕph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he ceased counting, for it was without number.

50. And to Yosĕph were born two sons before the years of scarcity of food came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.

51. And Yosĕph called the name of the first-born Menashsheh, “For Elohim has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.”

52. And the name of the second he called Ephrayim, “For Elohim has caused me to bear fruit in the land of my affliction.”

53. And the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Mitsrayim came to an end,