創世記41:41-57

41:41 法老又對約瑟說：「我派你治理埃及全地。」
41:42 法老就摘下手上打印的戒指，戴在約瑟的手上，給他穿上細麻衣，把金鍊戴在他的頸項上，
41:43 又叫約瑟坐他的副車，喝道的在前呼叫說：「跪下。」這樣，法老派他治理埃及全地。
41:44 法老對約瑟說：「我是法老，在埃及全地，若沒有你的命令，不許人擅自辦事（原文是動手動腳）。」
41:45 法老賜名給約瑟，叫撒發那忒‧巴內亞，又將安城的祭司波提非拉的女兒亞西納給他為妻。約瑟就出去巡行埃及地。
41:46 約瑟見埃及王法老的時候年三十歲。他從法老面前出去，遍行埃及全地。
41:47 七個豐年之內，地的出產極豐極盛（原文是一把一把的），
41:48 約瑟聚斂埃及地七個豐年一切的糧食，把糧食積存在各城裡；各城周圍田地的糧食都積存在本城裡。
41:49 約瑟積蓄五穀甚多，如同海邊的沙，無法計算，因為穀不可勝數。
41:50 荒年未到以前，安城的祭司波提非拉的女兒亞西納給約瑟生了兩個兒子。
41:51 約瑟給長子起名叫瑪拿西（就是使之忘了的意思），因為他說：「上帝使我忘了一切的困苦和我父的全家。」
41:52 他給次子起名叫以法蓮（就是使之昌盛的意思），因為他說：「上帝使我在受苦的地方昌盛。」
41:53 埃及地的七個豐年一完，
41:54 七個荒年就來了。正如約瑟所說的，各地都有饑荒；惟獨埃及全地有糧食。
41:55 及至埃及全地有了饑荒，眾民向法老哀求糧食，法老對他們說：「你們往約瑟那裡去，凡他所說的，你們都要做。」
41:56 當時饑荒遍滿天下，約瑟開了各處的倉，糶糧給埃及人；在埃及地饑荒甚大。
41:57 各地的人都往埃及去，到約瑟那裡糴糧，因為天下的饑荒甚大。

⁴¹ So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.” ⁴² Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. ⁴³ He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command,^[b] and people shouted before him, “Make way^[c]!” Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.
⁴⁴ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.” ⁴⁵ Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On,^[d] to be his wife. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.
⁴⁶ Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout Egypt. ⁴⁷ During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully. ⁴⁸ Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. ⁴⁹ Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.
⁵⁰ Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. ⁵¹ Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh^[e] and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” ⁵² The second son he named Ephraim^[f] and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”
⁵³ The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end, ⁵⁴ and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food. ⁵⁵ When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do what he tells you.”
⁵⁶ When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt. ⁵⁷ And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.

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    上帝讓約瑟在埃及地越來越昌盛，相對於世上其他的人。因為上帝讓他在埃及得妻個豐年儲存了許多糧食，不怕將要來臨的七個荒年。因為上帝將未來要發生的事情啟示他，讓他早做準備，也因為如此，使他在荒年的時候，更顯明出他的光輝！

    其實，真正的蒙福就是這樣：也就是，在有的時候，要想到沒有的時候，好好的存留下一些，這樣就會不致於缺乏，甚至還可以拯救到別人，就像約瑟一樣！願上帝給我們這樣的恩典，使我們成為真正對人有益處的人！

    感謝上帝，祂藉著我們成為別人得福的管道，我們越是放下自己的想法，越是不要自以為義，越是以上帝的愛，來接納有罪與軟弱的人，補足別人的缺乏，讓上帝的豐盛和恩惠與世人同在！