6. The famine has been in the land for two years. There will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
7. God sent me ahead of you to make sure that you would have descendants on the earth and to save your lives in an amazing way.
8. It wasn’t you who sent me here, but God. He has made me ⌊like⌋ a father to Pharaoh, lord over his entire household, and ruler of Egypt.
9. “Hurry back to my father, and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, “God has made me lord of Egypt. Come here to me right away!