And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What is the need for it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him as wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that you shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those of your households, and for food for your little ones.
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which did not become Pharaoh’s.
Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I be not like unto one of your handmaidens.