37 This idea sounded good to Par’oh (Pharaoh) 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 (Joseph), “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 Mitsrayim (Egypt). 44 Par’oh also told him, “I’m Par’oh, and no person in all Mitsrayim will lift their hand or foot without your permission.” 45 Then Par’oh gave him the Mitsri (Egyptian) name ‘Tsofnat-Pa’neah’ (which means ‘the one who reveals secrets’), and he presented him with Esenat, the daughter of Poti-Fera the priest of On, as a wife. And Yosef travelled throughout the land of Mitsrayim.

46 Yosef was thirty years old when he’d been called to stand before Par’oh king of Mitsrayim. When he left Par’oh’s presence, he travelled throughout the land of Mitsrayim 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 Mitsrayim and had it stored in the cities. The food from the countryside 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 Esenat (the daughter of Poti-Fera, the priest of On) gave birth to. 51 Yosef named the oldest son ‘Menasheh’ (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 ‘Efrayim’ (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 Mitsrayim came to an end 54 and the seven years of famine started, just as Yosef had said. The famine covered the entire wider region,[ref] but it was different in Mitsrayim. 55 All the land of Mitsrayim became famished, and the people cried to the king for food, so Par’oh (Pharaoh) said to all the Mitsrim (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 Mitsrim. But the famine in Mitsrayim was really severe. 57 Then people from much further away started coming to Mitsrayim to buy grain from Yosef, because the famine was severe in the entire wider region.