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So he returned to Judah and said, "I couldn't find her. Moreover, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.'"

But then he drew back his hand, and his brother came out before him. She said, "How you have broken out of the womb!" So he was named Perez.

So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned.

So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking.

There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?"

So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.

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

so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

So he asked Pharaoh's officials, who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why do you look so sad today?"

So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: "In my dream, there was a vine in front of me.

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

On the third day it was Pharaoh's birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He "lifted up" the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants.

He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand,

In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.

When they had eaten them, no one would have known that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before. Then I woke up.

The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning."

"So now Pharaoh should look for a wise and discerning man and give him authority over all the land of Egypt.

They should gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh's authority they should store up grain so the cities will have food, and they should preserve it.

So Pharaoh asked his officials, "Can we find a man like Joseph, one in whom the Spirit of God is present?"