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But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.

And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.

But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?

And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.

And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away.

But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.

But keep me in mind when things go well for you, and be good to me and say a good word for me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison:

But the chief bread-maker was put to death by hanging, as Joseph had said.

But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.

But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem.

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.

Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.

And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.

And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come before me if your brother is not with you.