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And it came to pass that when Joseph was thirty years old, he had stood before Pharaoh, who was the king of Egypt;
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And having gone out from the presence of Pharaoh, Joseph went throughout all the land of Egypt.
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And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth her fruits by handfuls.
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And Joseph gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
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And Joseph gathered grains as the sands of the sea, and behold, it was so numerous that he left numbering; for it was without number.
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¶ And it came to pass that Joseph knew his wife, Aseneth, and she conceived, and unto them were born two sons, as the years of famine were about to come in.
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And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said Joseph, hath made me forget all my toil and all the house of my father.
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And the name of the second Joseph called Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
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And this was done even as the angel of YHVHa had said unto Aseneth, according to the word of YHVHb.
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¶ And Aseneth lifted up her voice in petition to YHVH, saying: YHVH, El Elyona who didst create all things, and didst call them from darkness into light, and from errorb into truth, and from death into life;
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Yea, El Elyon that created the heavens above, and the earth we stand upon, and the waters of the deep; O YHVH, hear my supplication:
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Yea, unto thee, YHVH, I present my supplication, for thou, O YHVH, didst stretch forth thy hands over me, even as a Father that loves his children in their pity and ignorance,
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And thou hast grown as a tree within me, for the sake of thy Wisdoma, and because of this have I abandoned the elohimb of my fathers and destroyed their likeness;
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For thou, O YHVH, hath delivered me from their hands, and rescued me from that serpenta that sought to rip at me, cast me into the abyss, into the deepest depths of the Nile:
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But I have been swallowed up in the arms of my Mothera, and thou, O YHVH hath me when the father and mother of my flesh didst deny me;
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For I have left behind their elohima for Thee, and I have no other hope save in Thee, O YHVH;
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Therefore, YHVH, renew my flesh, give me power by thy breatha, that I should raise these, my sons, unto thee, O YHVH;
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That they too might eat of the bread of life, and drink the cup of thy blessing, which thou has prepared for thine elect.
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¶ And it came to pass that the angel of YHVHa appeared to Joseph in a dream saying: Thy sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, these shall be two mighty nations before YHVH.
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And they shall be as two stiff-necked and rebellious goats which run away when they hear the voice of the shepherd.
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And it shall come to pass that in the latter days they shall be a scourge and a terror and shall fight YHVH when He comes to rewarda the sons of men.
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However, a remnant shall be faithful unto YHVH; and El Elyona shall give them the earth as an inheritanceb with thee after I have raisedc up thy bones from the dust.
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¶ And it came to pass not many days after this, that YHVH spoke again unto Joseph saying: Behold, the famine which shall overtake the land is at hand;
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And when the famine has become a sore burden on thy kindred, thy brothers shall appear unto you:
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Be merciful unto them, even as I have been merciful unto thee, and all shall be well with thee and the house of thy master.
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¶ And it came to pass that the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended.
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And the seven years of famine began to come according to the dreamsa given Pharaoh of Ha’Elohimb, even as Joseph had said;
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And the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: Go unto Joseph; whatever he saith to you, do.
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¶ And it came to pass that the adversarya came unto Joseph tempting him to say unto the Egyptians: Behold! If thou wilt but give up your allegiance unto deceitful idolsb;
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And if ye shall say: Blessed is YHVH who giveth bread unto all flesh, then shall I give thee bread;
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And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and thus it was that Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold unto the Egyptians;
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And the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt; therefore, Joseph let go his arrogance, and gave unto all they that came in need to buy grains;
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And Joseph was blessed, and the people of Egypt were blessed.
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And the Egyptians, being well fed in the famine, did go about saying: Surely ha’elohima hath brought a Messiahb into Egypt, and Pharaoh hath blessed us! For they knew not YHVH Elohimc.
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And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy grain because that the famine was so sore in all lands.