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Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;

And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.

And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.

And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.

But keep me in mind when things go well for you, and be good to me and say a good word for me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison:

For truly I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews; and I have done nothing for which I might be put in prison.

And in the top basket were all sorts of cooked meats for Pharaoh; and the birds were taking them out of the baskets on my head.

After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.

Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his servants; and he gave honour to the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker among the others.

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.

Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.

And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.

And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.

And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.

And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.

And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.