²¹ the Lord was with him;^(A) he showed him kindness^(B) and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.^{(C) 22} So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.^{(D) 23} The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s^(E) care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.^(F)

¹² Now a young Hebrew^(A) was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard.^(B) We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream.^{(C) 13} And things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was impaled.^(D)”

¹⁴ So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon.^(E) When he had shaved^(F) and changed his clothes,^(G) he came before Pharaoh.

⁴ Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.”^(A) When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!^{(B) 5} And now, do not be distressed^(C) and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here,^(D) because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.^{(E) 6} For two years now there has been famine^(F) in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. ⁷ But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant^(G) on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.^[a](H)

⁸ “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.^(I) He made me father^(J) to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.^(K)