Genesis 41
1 At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river.
Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
2 Behold, seven cattle came up out of the river. They were sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.
de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchrae et crassae nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
3 Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.
Aliae quoque septem emergebant de flumine, foedae, confectaeque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
4 The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species, et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
5 He slept and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.
rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: Septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque formosae:
6 Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
aliae quoque totidem spicae tenues, et percussae uredine oriebantur,
7 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
8 In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
et facto mane, pavore perterritus, misit ad omnes coniectores Aegypti, cunctosque sapientes: et accersitis narravit somnium, nec erat qui interpretaretur.
9 Then the chief cup bearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my faults today.
Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, with the chief baker.
Iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi iussit in carcerem principis militum:
11 We dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. Each man dreamed according to the interpretation of his dream.
ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium praesagium futurorum.
12 There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. He interpreted to each man according to his dream.
Erat ibi puer Hebraeus, eiusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
13 As he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus. ego enim redditus sum officio meo: et ille suspensus est in cruce.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.
Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Ioseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata, obtulerunt ei.
15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quae audivi te sapientissime coniicere.
16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
Respondit Ioseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
17 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river;
Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
18 and behold, seven fat and sleek cattle came up out of the river. They fed in the marsh grass;
et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quae in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
19 and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
et ecce, has sequebantur aliae septem boves in tantum deformes et macilentae, ut numquam tales in terra Aegypti viderim:
20 The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle;
quae, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
21 and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
22 I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good;
vidi somnium: Septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque pulcherrimae.
23 and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
Aliae quoque septem tenues et percussae uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
quae priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi coniectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
Respondit Ioseph: Somnium regis unum est: quae facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
26 The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.
Septem boves pulchrae, et septem spicae plenae: septem hubertatis anni sunt: eandemque vim somnii comprehendunt.
27 The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
Septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentae, quae ascenderunt post eas, et septem spicae tenues, et vento urente percussae, septem anni venturae sunt famis.
28 That is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
29 Behold, seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt are coming.
Ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnae in universa terra Aegypti:
30 Seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,
quos sequentur septem anni alii tantae sterilitatis, ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia: consumptura est enim fames omnem terram,
31 and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.
et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiae magnitudo.
32 The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
Quod autem vidisti secundo ad eandem rem pertinens somnium: firmitatis indicium est, eo quod fiat sermo Dei, et velocius impleatur.
33 “Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et praeficiat eum Terrae Aegypti:
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt’s produce in the seven plenteous years.
Qui constituat praepositos per cunctas regiones: et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,
35 Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and store grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
qui iam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus.
36 The food will be to supply the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; so that the land will not perish through the famine.”
Et praeparetur futurae septem annorum fami, quae oppressura est Aegyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
37 The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris eius:
38 Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”
locutusque est ad eos: Num invenire poterimus talem virum, qui spiritu Dei plenus sit?
39 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you.
Dixit ergo ad Ioseph: Quia ostendit tibi Deus omnia quae locutus es, numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?
40 You shall be over my house. All my people will be ruled according to your word. Only in the throne I will be greater than you.”
Tu eris super domum meam, et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus obediet: uno tantum regni solio te praecedam.
41 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Ioseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Aegypti.
42 Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.
Tulitque annulum de manu sua, et dedit eum in manu eius: vestivitque eum stola byssina, et collo torquem auream circumposuit.
43 He made him ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” He set him over all the land of Egypt.
Fecitque eum ascendere super currum suum secundum, clamante praecone, ut omnes coram eo genu flecterent, et praepositum esse scirent universae Terrae Aegypti.
44 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh. Without you, no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”
Dixit quoque rex Aegypti ad Ioseph: Ego sum Pharao: absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Aegypti.
45 Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah. He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
Vertitque nomen eius, et vocavit eum lingua Aegyptiaca, Salvatorem mundi. Deditque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Phutipharis sacerdotis Heliopoleos. Egressus est itaque Ioseph ad terram Aegypti
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
(Triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis) et circuivit omnes regiones Aegypti.
47 In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
Venitque fertilitas septem annorum: et in manipulos redactae segetes congregatae sunt in horrea Aegypti.
48 He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities. He stored food in each city from the fields around that city.
Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
49 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenae maris coaequaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
50 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
Natique sunt Ioseph filii duo antequam veniret fames: quos peperit ei Aseneth filia Phutipharis sacerdotis Heliopoleos.
51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
Vocavitque nomen primogeniti, Manasses, dicens: Oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum, et domus patris mei.
52 The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meae.
53 The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
Igitur transactis septem hubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Aegypto:
54 The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
coeperunt venire septem anni inopiae: quos praedixerat Ioseph: et in universo orbe fames praevaluit, in cuncta autem terra Aegypti panis erat.
55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”
Qua esuriente, clamavit populus ad Pharaonem, alimenta petens. Quibus ille respondit: Ite ad Ioseph: et quidquid ipse vobis dixerit, facite.
56 The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Ioseph universa horrea, et vendebat Aegyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
57 All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
Omnesque provinciae veniebant in Aegyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiae temperarent.
