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Genesis 41:35-37
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 41:35-37
New Catholic Bible
35 They should collect all the food in these good years that are about to take place. They will gather the grain under the authority of Pharaoh and place it in granaries in the cities. 36 This food will serve as a reserve in the land for the seven years of famine that will come upon the land of Egypt. Thus, the land will not be devastated during the famine.”
37 Joseph Is Made Viceroy of Egypt.[a] Pharaoh and all his ministers were pleased with this.
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- Genesis 41:37 God’s Providence has turned the situation in Joseph’s favor. Invested as prime minister in the most pure Egyptian tradition, Joseph now presides over the destiny of the country to which he was sold as a slave.
