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44 And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I, the king of Egypt, swear that you shall have complete charge over all the land of Egypt.”

45 Pharaoh gave him a name meaning “He has the godlike power of life and death!”[a] And he gave him a wife, a girl named Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. So Joseph became famous throughout the land of Egypt. 46 He was thirty years old as he entered the service of the king. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and began traveling all across the land.

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  1. Genesis 41:45 He has the godlike power of life and death, or “God (or Pharaoh) says, ‘He is living.’” he gave him a wife, a . . . daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. Joseph married into a family of high nobility, for his father-in-law was a major priest and politician of that time.

44 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.”(A) 45 Pharaoh gave Joseph(B) the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest(C) of On,[a](D) to be his wife.(E) And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.

46 Joseph was thirty years old(F) when he entered the service(G) of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout Egypt.

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  1. Genesis 41:45 That is, Heliopolis; also in verse 50