³⁷ The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials.^{(A) 38} So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God^[a]?”^(B)

³⁹ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you,^(C) there is no one so discerning and wise as you.^{(D) 40} You shall be in charge of my palace,^(E) and all my people are to submit to your orders.^(F) Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.^(G)”

Joseph in Charge of Egypt

⁴¹ So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.”^{(H) 42} Then Pharaoh took his signet ring^(I) from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes^(J) of fine linen^(K) and put a gold chain around his neck.^{(L) 43} He had him ride in a chariot^(M) as his second-in-command,^[b](N) and people shouted before him, “Make way^[c]!”^(O) Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.^(P)

⁶ Now Joseph was the governor of the land,^(A) the person who sold grain to all its people.^(B) So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.^(C)