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And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"

And they said to him, "We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it." So Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please."

So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do:

This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.

And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

And Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: [fn] "For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house."

And the name of the second he called Ephraim: [fn] "For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction."

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

So he said to his brothers, "My money has been restored, and there it is, in my sack!" Then their hearts failed them and they were afraid, saying to one another, "What is this that God has done to us?"

And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved, I am bereaved!"

But he said, "Peace be with you, 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.

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

Then Judah said, "What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; here we are, my lord's slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found."

But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.

And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.