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And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Beth-el.

[There is] none greater in his house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [them], I pray you.

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh [is] one; God hath showed Pharaoh what he [is] about to do.

This [is] the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: What God [is] about to do he showeth to Pharaoh.

And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice; [it is] 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 man] as this [is], a man in whom the spirit of God [is]?

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, [there is] none so discreet and wise as thou [art]:

And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For God, [said he], hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; [for] I fear God:

And he said to his brethren, My money is restored; and see [it is] even in my sack: and their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What [is] this [that] God hath done to us?

And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin: If I be bereaved, I am bereaved.

And he said, Peace [be] to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out to them.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, [Is] this your younger brother, of whom ye spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to thee, my son.

And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold we [are] my lord's servants, both we, and [he] also with whom the cup is found.

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God sent me before you to preserve life.

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

So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.