Friday in Season after Pentecost

4Verse 4. This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked. 5Verse 5. So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.” 6Verse 6. This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. 7Verse 7. They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. 8Verse 8. They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. 9Verse 9. Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. 10Verse 10. And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite. 11Verse 11. I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?”

37Verse 37. This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials. 38Verse 38. So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?” 39Verse 39. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. 40Verse 40. You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” 41Verse 41. Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.” 42Verse 42. Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck. 43Verse 43. He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt. 44Verse 44. And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.” 45Verse 45. Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt. 46Verse 46. Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt. 47Verse 47. During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully. 48Verse 48. During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it. 49Verse 49. So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.