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Genesis 41:42-51 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

42. And he took his ring from his own hand, and gave it into his hand: and he put upon him a robe of silk, and put a chain of gold about his neck.

43. And he made him go up into his second chariot, the crier proclaiming that all should bow their knee before him, and that they should know he was made govenor over the whole land of Egypt.

44. And the king said to Joseph: I am Pharao; without thy commandment no man shall move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

45. And he turned his name, and called him in the Eyyptian tounge, The saviour of the world. And he gave him to wife Asenth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis. Then Joseph went out to the land of Egypt:

46. (Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao) and he went round all the countries of Egypt.

47. And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corm being bound up into sheaves was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.

48. And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.

49. And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.

50. And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore unto him.

51. And he called the name of the first born Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father's house.

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