Joseph replied, “This is its meaning: The three baskets represent ¹  three days.

Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “It is not within my power, ¹  but God will speak concerning ²  the welfare of Pharaoh.” ³ 

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing ¹  by the edge of the Nile.

“See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I place ¹  you in authority over all the land of Egypt.” ² 

People from every country ¹  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: ¹  You are spies!

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do as I say ¹  and you will live, ²  for I fear God. ³ 

(Now ¹  they did not know that Joseph could understand them, ²  for he was speaking through an interpreter.) ³ 

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 ¹  came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, ²  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 ¹  sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. ²  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 ¹  before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed ²  Pharaoh.

Then Joseph said, “If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food ¹  in exchange for ²  your livestock.”

Joseph is a fruitful bough, ¹  a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches ²  climb over the wall.

Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. ¹  He wept over him and kissed him.

So they sent word ¹  to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave these instructions before he died:

But Joseph answered them, “Don’t be afraid. Am ¹  I in the place of God?

So Joseph died at the age of 110. ¹  After they embalmed him, his body ²  was placed in a coffin in Egypt.