Then Jacob woke up and thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!”

But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.”

When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?”

If you send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy food for you.

My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s household for Joseph’s sake. The blessing of the Lord was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields.

What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

Then he said to them, “If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar

“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

When I came to the spring today, I prayed, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, may events unfold as follows:

Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need.” When Jacob urged him, he took it.

So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned.

But he refused, saying to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care.

He then said, “Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”

We said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way.”

I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night, ‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’

They replied, “The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”

But we replied, ‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’

The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”