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So he left Joseph in charge of everything that he owned; and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

So she grabbed him by his garment, saying, "Sleep with me!" But he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside.

So she left his garment beside her until his master came home.

So Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the prison.

And the warden of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison; so that whatever was done there, he was responsible for it.

So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the prison, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.

So he asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in confinement in his master's house, "Why are your faces so sad today?"

So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, saying to him, "In my dream, behold, there was a vine in front of me;

"Now Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I put the cup into Pharaoh's hand."

So it came about on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he held a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent messengers and called for all the soothsayer priests of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.

"And just as he interpreted for us, so it happened; Pharaoh restored me in my office, but he hanged the chief baker."

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream, there I was, standing on the bank of the Nile;

"So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very severe.

"So now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise, and appoint him over the land of Egypt.

"Let the food be used as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not perish during the famine."

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you are.

So he collected all the food of these seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt and put the food in the cities; he put in every city the food from its own surrounding fields.

So when all the land of Egypt suffered famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do."

Then he said, "Look, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die."