⁴⁵ Then Pharaoh gave Joseph a new Egyptian name, Zaphenath-paneah.^[a] He also gave him a wife, whose name was Asenath. She was the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.^[b] So Joseph took charge of the entire land of Egypt.

²⁰ Joseph’s sons, born in the land of Egypt, were Manasseh and Ephraim. Their mother was Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.^[a]

¹⁶ Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father’s flocks.

²⁸ One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.)

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2 At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire.

²⁶ And Ira, a descendant of Jair, was David’s personal priest.

¹⁸ Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king’s bodyguard.^[a] And David’s sons served as priestly leaders.^[b]

¹⁸ And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High,^[a] brought Abram some bread and wine.