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And Judah took a wife for Er, his first-born, whose name was Tamar.

Then said Judah to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in your fathers house, until my son Shelah grows up; for he said. Lest he die also, as his brothers did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers house.

And she put off her widows dress, and adorned herself, and covered her face with a veil, and sat down at the parting of the road to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given to him to wife.

And he turned to her by the way and said to her, Come, let me come in unto you (for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law). And she said, What will you give me that you may come in unto me?

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out; and she said, What a breach has been made for you! Therefore his name was called Pharez.

And it came to pass from the time that he had made him steward of his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptians house for Josephs sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had both in the house and in the field.

And the commander of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; and they remained for some time in the prison.

For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the prison.

And in the uppermost basket there was of every kind of food for Pharaoh, prepared by a baker; and the birds of prey were eating it out of the basket on my head.

And it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaohs birthday, that he made a banquet for all his servants; and he remembered the chief butler and the chief baker among his servants.

And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; so he sent and called for all the magicians and all the wise men of Egypt; and Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was no man who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them: for they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. Then I awoke.

And the plenty shall not be remembered in the land because of the famine which shall follow; for it shall be very severe.

And as for that the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is already prepared by God, and God will hasten to bring it to pass.

And let the grain be kept for the land against the seven years of famine which shall come in the land of Egypt; so that the land may not perish through the famine.

And Joseph stored up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he was tired of numbering it; for it was without number.

And Joseph called the name of his first-born Manasseh; For God, said he, has made me forget all my troubles, and all my fathers house.

And the name of the second he called Ephraim; For God has made me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die.

But Benjamin, Josephs brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers; for he said, Lest some misfortune might befall him.