Genesis 41
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Genesis 41:39-45

39So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has enabled you to know all this, there is no one as wise and discerning as you are!

40You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you.

41“See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I place you in authority over all the land of Egypt.”

42Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph’s. He clothed him with fine linen clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

43Pharaoh had him ride in the chariot used by his second-in-command, and they cried out before him, “Kneel down!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

44Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission no one will move his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”

45Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah. He also gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.

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