37 This idea sounded good to Far’oh and to all his servants, 38 so he asked them, “Do we have any other man like this who has God’s spirit in him?” 39 Then he told Yosef, “Since God has shown you all this, there’s no one as discerning and wise as you. 40 You’ll be over my household, and all my people will obey your every word. Only I on the throne will be greater than you.”[ref] 41 Then he added, “See, I’ve put you over all the entire country.” 42 Then he removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Yosef’s hand, and he had him dressed in fine linen clothes, and put a gold chain around his neck.[ref] 43 He had Yosef ride in his #2 chariot, and they called out in front of him, “Bow down!” So the king put him over the entire country of Egypt. 44 Far’oh also told him, “I’m Far’oh, and no person in all Egypt will lift their hand or foot without your permission.” 45 Then Far’oh gave him the Egyptian name ‘Zaphenath-Paneah’ (which means ‘the one who reveals secrets’), and he presented him with Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, as a wife. And Yosef travelled throughout the land of Egypt.

46 Yosef was thirty years old when he’d been called to stand before Far’oh king of Egypt. When he left Far’oh’s presence, he travelled throughout the land of Egypt 47 and the land produced outstanding harvests during the seven years of plenty. 48 For seven years, he gathered all the food throughout the land of Egypt and had it stored in the cities. The food from the fields that surrounded each city, he put inside that city. 49 So Yosef stored up so much grain that it was like sand on the beaches, until he eventually stopped measuring it because it too much to calculate.

50 Before the years of the famine came, Yosef had two sons that Asenath (the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On) gave birth to. 51 Yosef named the oldest son ‘Manasseh’ (which means ‘forget’), because he said, “God has made me forget all my hardships and all of my family.” 52 His second son he named ‘Ephraim’ (which means ‘fruitful’), because he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my difficulties.”

53 Then the seven years of plenty in Egypt came to an end 54 and the seven years of famine started, just as Yosef had said. The famine covered the entire wider region, but it was different in Egypt.[ref] 55 All the land of Egypt became famished, and the people cried to the king for food, so Far’oh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Yosef and do whatever he tells you.”[ref] 56 The famine was right across the country, so Yosef opened all the grain stores and sold grain to the Egyptians. But the famine in Egypt was really severe. 57 Then people from much further away started coming to Egypt to buy grain from Yosef, because the famine was severe in the entire wider region.