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So he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the cult prostitute who was by the road at Enaim?" But they said, "There has been no cult prostitute here."

So he returned to Judah and said, "I did not find her; and furthermore, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.'"

And then it happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out. So she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" So he was named Perez.

And Yahweh was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.

So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended on him; and he appointed him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he gave in his hand.

So he left everything he owned in Joseph's hand; and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate. Now Joseph was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.

So it happened that as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her.

So Joseph's master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail.

So the chief jailer gave into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was the one who did it.

So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.

So he asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in confinement in his master's house, saying, "Why are your faces so sad today?"

So the chief cupbearer recounted his dream to Joseph and said to him, "In my dream, behold, there was a vine in front of me;

Now Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I put the cup into Pharaoh's hand."

And the chief baker saw that he had interpreted favorably, so he said to Joseph, "I also saw in my dream, and behold, there were three baskets of white bread on my head;

Now it happened that in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. And Pharaoh recounted to them his dream, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

And just as he interpreted for us, so it happened; he restored me in my office, but he hanged him."

So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile;

and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. So I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could declare it to me."

so that the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very heavy.

So now let Pharaoh look for a man understanding and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.