and put it upon Ioseph's finger, and arrayed him in raiment of byss,
and put a golden chain about his neck and set him upon the best chariot
that he had save one. And they cried before him Abrech, and that Pharao
had made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. And Pharao said unto
Ioseph: I am Pharao, without thy will, shall no man lift up either his
hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. And he called Ioseph's name
Zaphnath Paenea. And he gave him to wife Asnath the daughter of
Potiphar priest of On. Then went Ioseph abroad in the land of Egypt.
And he was thirty years old when he stood before Pharao king of Egypt.
And then Ioseph departed from Pharao, and went thorow out all the land
of Egypt. And in the seven plenteous years they made sheaves and
gathered up all the food of the seven plenteous years which were in the
land of Egypt and put it into the cities. And he put the food of the
fields that grew round about every city: even in the same. And Ioseph
laid up corn in store, like unto the sand of the sea in multitude out
of measure, until he left numbering: For it was without number. And
unto Ioseph were born two sons before the years of hunger came, which
Asnath the daughter of Potiphar priest of On, bare unto him. And he
called the name of the first son Manasse, for God (said he) hath made
me forget all my labour and all my father's household. The second
called he Ephraim, for God (said he) hath caused me to grow in the land
of my trouble. And when the seven years of plenteousness that was in
the land of Egypt were ended, then came the seven years of dearth,
according as Ioseph had said. And the dearth was in all lands: but in
the land of Egypt was there yet food. When now all the land of Egypt
began to hunger, then cried the people to Pharao for bread. And Pharao
said unto all Egypt: go unto Ioseph, and what he saith to you that do.
And when the dearth was thorow out all the land, Ioseph opened all that
was in the cities, and sold unto the Egyptians. And hunger waxed sore
in the land of Egypt. And all countries came to Egypt to Ioseph for to
buy corn: because that the hunger was so sore in all lands.
Chapter .xlij.
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