Genesis 41
1 After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river,
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river.
2 Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.
And behold, there came up out of the river seven well-favored cows and fat-fleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
3 Other seven also came up out of the river, ill favoured, and leanfleshed: and they fed on the very bank of the river, in green places:
And behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed; and stood by the [other] cows upon the brink of the river.
4 And they devoured them, whose bodies were very beautiful and well conditioned. So Pharao awoke.
And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed cows ate up the seven well-favored and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 He slept again, and dreamed another dream: Seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and fair:
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
6 Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted,
And behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And devoured all the beauty of the former. Pharao awaked after his rest:
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, [it was] a dream.
8 And when morning was come, being struck with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egypt, and to all the wise men: and they being called for, he told them his dream, and there was not any one that could interpret it.
And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but [there was] none that could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 Then at length the chief butler remembering, said: I confess my sin:
Then spoke the chief butler to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10 The king being angry with his servants, commanded me and the chief baker to be cast into the prison of the captain of the soldiers:
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in custody in the captain of the guard's house, [both] me, and the chief baker:
11 Where in one night both of us dreamed a dream foreboding things to come.
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he: we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 There was there a young man a Hebrew, servant to the same captain of the soldiers: to whom we told our dreams,
And [there was] there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he interpreted.
13 And we heard what afterwards the event of the thing proved to be so. For I was restored to my office: and he was hanged upon a gibbet.
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: me he restored to my office, and him he hanged.
14 Forthwith at the king’s command, Joseph was brought out of the prison, and they shaved him, and changing his apparel, brought him in to him.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved [himself], and changed his raiment, and came before Pharaoh.
15 And he said to him: I have dreamed dreams, and there is no one that can expound them: Now I have heard that thou art very wise at interpreting them.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and [there is] none that can interpret it: and I have heard it said of thee, [that] thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 Joseph answered: Without me, God shall give Pharao a prosperous answer.
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Methought I stood upon the bank of the river,
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And seven kine came up out of the river exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture.
And behold, there came out of the river seven cows, fat-fleshed, and well-favored; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt:
And behold, seven other cows came out after them, poor, and very ill-favored, and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And they devoured and consumed the former,
And the lean and the ill-favored cows ate up the first seven fat cows:
21 And yet gave no mark of their being full: but were as lean and ill favoured as before. I awoke, and then fell asleep again,
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they [were] still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, full and very fair.
And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good:
23 Other seven also thin and blasted, sprung of the stock:
And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, [and] blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
24 And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it.
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told [this] to the magicians; but [there was] none that could explain [it] to me.
25 Joseph answered: The king’s dream is one: God hath shewn to Pharao what he is about to do.
And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh [is] one; God hath showed Pharaoh what he [is] about to do.
26 The seven beautiful kine, and the seven full ears, are seven years of plenty: and both contain the same meaning of the dream.
The seven good cows [are] seven years; and the seven good ears [are] seven years: the dream [is] one.
27 And the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them, and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind, are seven years of famine to come:
And the seven thin and ill-favored cows that came up after them [are] seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind will be seven years of famine.
28 Which shall be fulfilled in this order:
This [is] the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: What God [is] about to do he showeth to Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of Egypt:
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30 After which shall follow other seven years of so great scarcity, that all the abundance before shall be forgotten: for the famine shall consume all the land,
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
31 And the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine following: for it [will be] very grievous.
32 And for that thou didst see the second time a dream pertaining to the same thing: it is a token of the certainty, and that the word of God cometh to pass, and is fulfilled speedily.
And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice; [it is] because the thing [is] established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and make him ruler over the land of Egypt:
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 That he may appoint overseers over all the countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful years,
Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 That shall now presently ensue: and let all the corn be laid up under Pharao’s hands and be reserved in the cities.
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh; and let them keep food in the cities.
36 And let it be in readiness, against the famine of seven years to come, which shall oppress Egypt, and the land shall not be consumed with scarcity.
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land may not perish through the famine.
37 The counsel pleased Pharao and all his servants.
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And he said to them: Can we find such another man, that is full of the spirit of God?
And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find [such a man] as this [is], a man in whom the spirit of God [is]?
39 He said therefore to Joseph: Seeing God hath shewn thee all that thou hast said, can I find one wiser and one like unto thee?
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, [there is] none so discreet and wise as thou [art]:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and at the commandment of thy mouth all the people shall obey: only in the kingly throne will I be above thee.
Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And again Pharao said to Joseph: Behold, I have appointed thee over the whole land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And he took his ring from his own hand, and gave it into his hand: and he put upon him a robe of silk, and put a chain of gold about his neck.
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 And he made him go up into his second chariot, the crier proclaiming that all should bow their knee before him, and that they should know he was made governor over the whole land of Egypt.
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had: and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt.
44 And the king said to Joseph: I am Pharao; without thy commandment no man shall move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I [am] Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And he turned his name, and called him in the Egyptian tongue, The saviour of the world. And he gave him to wife Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis. Then Joseph went out to the land of Egypt:
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him for a wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On: and Joseph went over [all] the land of Egypt.
46 (Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao) and he went round all the countries of Egypt.
And Joseph [was] thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt: and Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfulls.
48 And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.
And he gathered all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field which [was] around every city, he laid up in the same.
49 And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for [it was] without number.
50 And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore unto him.
And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came: which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bore to him.
51 And he called the name of the firstborn Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father’s house.
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For God, [said he], hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52 And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:
And the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 The seven years of scarcity, which Joseph had foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed in the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when there also they began to be famished, the people cried to Pharao for food. And he said to them: Go to Joseph: and do all that he shall say to you.
And 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 saith to you, do.
56 And the famine increased daily in all the land: and Joseph opened all the barns, and sold to the Egyptians: for the famine had oppressed them also.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.
57 And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy [corn]; because the famine was distressing in all lands.
