all of which Joseph collected and stored in the cities. In each city he stored the food from the fields around it.

There was so much grain that Joseph stopped measuring it---it was like the sand of the sea.

The famine grew worse and spread over the whole country, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians.

This is only the second year of famine in the land; there will be five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor reaping.

God sent me ahead of you to rescue you in this amazing way and to make sure that you and your descendants survive.

But Moses answered, "No, Lord, please send someone else."