Joseph replied, “This is its meaning: The three baskets represent three days.

Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “It is not within my power, but God will speak concerning the welfare of Pharaoh.”

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing by the edge of the Nile.

“See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I place you in authority over all the land of Egypt.”

People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

But Joseph told them, “It is just as I said to you: You are spies!

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.

(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.

Then Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die.”

Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

Then Joseph said, “If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”

Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches climb over the wall.

Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. He wept over him and kissed him.

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave these instructions before he died:

But Joseph answered them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.