Genesis 41:39-42

Genesis 41:39-42 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; Joseph had a big job before him. But he had two advantages: he knew what was going to happen for the next 14 years, and he knew the God of the Universe Who was going to make all of it happen. So Joseph went to work. For the next seven years, all of the farmers in Egypt had bumper crops. They sold their surplus food to Joseph, who bought it cheap. There was plenty of food, you know. But at the end of the seven years of plenty, and Joseph buying and buying, came the famine. After a while the Egyptians ran out of food. So Joseph sold them food out of Pharaoh’s storehouses. But soon they ran out of money. So Joseph bought their lands and sold them more food. But soon, they ran out of land. So they sold themselves into slavery to Joseph, and he gave them more food. At the end of the seven years of famine, Pharaoh and Joseph had all of the money in Egypt, they had all of the land in Egypt, and they owned everyone as slaves in Egypt! Pharaoh had it all. And he owed all of it to the wisdom of Joseph! But God still had better plans for Joseph. Wow!