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So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.

"There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?"

Then they said to him, "We have had a dream and there is no one to interpret it." Then Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please."

Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."

Now Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one and the same; God has told to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

"It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

"Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it means that the matter is determined by God, and God will quickly bring it about.

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

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."

He named the second Ephraim, "For," he said, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

Now Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do this and live, for I fear God:

Then he said to his brothers, "My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack." And their hearts sank, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

and may God Almighty grant you compassion in the sight of the man, so that he will release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

He said, "Be at ease, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks; I had your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them.

As he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, he said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" And he said, "May God be gracious to you, my son."

So Judah said, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lord's slaves, both we and the one in whose possession the cup has been found."

"Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

"God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

"Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

"Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, "God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.