Gen 41:33-37 | ESV | STEP | Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man , and set him over the land of Egypt .

Genesis 41:33-37

33 Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land ^{▼▼Or over the land and organize the land} of Egypt during the seven plentiful years. 35 And ^blet them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 36 That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine.”

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37 This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.