33 “Pharaoh should look for a wise and intelligent man and put him in charge of Egypt.
34 Make arrangements to appoint supervisors over the land to take a fifth of Egypt’s harvest during the seven good years.
35 Have them collect all the food during these good years and store up grain under Pharaoh’s control, to be kept for food in the cities.
36 This food will be a reserve supply for our country during the seven years of famine that will happen in Egypt. Then the land will not be ruined by the famine.”
37 Pharaoh and all his servants liked the idea.
38 So Pharaoh asked his servants, “Can we find anyone like this—a man who has God’s Spirit in him?”
39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has let you know all this, there is no one as wise and intelligent as you.