Genesis 41
1 After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
And it comes to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and behold, he is standing by the River,
2 when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
and behold, from the River coming up are seven cows, of beautiful appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds;
3 After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
and behold, seven other cows are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean [in] flesh, and they stand near the cows on the edge of the River,
4 And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,
and the cows of bad appearance and lean [in] flesh eat up the seven cows of beautiful appearance, and fat—and Pharaoh awakens.
5 but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
And he sleeps, and dreams a second time, and behold, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,
6 After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
and behold, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
7 And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears—and Pharaoh awakens, and behold, a dream.
8 In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
And it comes to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sends and calls all the enchanters of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounts to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh.
9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
And the chief of the butlers speaks with Pharaoh, saying, “I mention my sin this day:
10 Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.
Pharaoh has been angry against his servants, and puts me in confinement in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers;
11 One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.
12 Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
And there [is] with us a youth, a Hebrew, servant to the chief of the executioners, and we recount to him, and he interprets to us our dreams, [to] each according to his dream has he interpreted,
13 And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
and it comes to pass, as he has interpreted to us so it has been, me he put back on my station, and him he hanged.”
14 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh sends and calls Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaves, and changes his garments, and comes to Pharaoh.
15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it, and I have heard concerning you, saying, You understand a dream to interpret it,”
16 “I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
and Joseph answers Pharaoh, saying, “Without me—God answers Pharaoh with peace.”
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
And Pharaoh speaks to Joseph: “In my dream, behold, I am standing by the edge of the River,
18 when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
and behold, out of the River coming up are seven cows, fat [in] flesh, and of beautiful form, and they feed among the reeds;
19 After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
and behold, seven other cows are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean [in] flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness.
20 Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
And the lean and the bad cows eat up the first seven fat cows,
21 When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
and they come in to their midst, and it has not been known that they have come in to their midst, and their appearance [is] bad as at the commencement; and I awake.
22 In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
And I see in my dream, and behold, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good;
23 After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
and behold, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
24 And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”
and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell [it] to the enchanters, and there is none declaring [it] to me.”
25 At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
And Joseph says to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he has declared to Pharaoh;
26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.
the seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one;
27 Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
and the seven thin and bad cows which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;
28 It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
this [is] the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is doing.
29 Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
Behold, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,
30 but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine has finished the land,
31 The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.
and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it [is] very grievous.
32 Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
And because of the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hurrying to do it.
33 Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;
34 Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty,
35 Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.
and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up grain under the hand of Pharaoh—food in the cities; and they have kept [it],
36 This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”
and the food has been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.”
37 This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.
And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,
38 So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
and Pharaoh says to his servants, “Do we find like this, a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?”
39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “After God’s causing you to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as you;
40 You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
you are over my house, and at your mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than you.”
41 Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”
And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.”
42 Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
And Pharaoh turns aside his seal-ring from off his hand, and puts it on the hand of Joseph, and clothes him [with] garments of fine linen, and places a chain of gold on his neck,
43 He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
and causes him to ride in the second chariot which he has, and they proclaim before him, “Bow the knee!” And [he] set him over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.”
And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “I [am] Pharaoh, and without you a man does not lift up his hand and his foot in all the land of Egypt”;
45 Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
and Pharaoh calls Joseph’s name Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he gives to him Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, for a wife, and Joseph goes out over the land of Egypt.
46 Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
And Joseph [is] a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goes out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passes over through all the land of Egypt;
47 During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
and the land makes in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
48 During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
And he gathers all the food of the seven years which have been in the land of Egypt, and puts food in the cities; the food of the field which [is] around [each] city has he put in its midst;
49 So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
and Joseph gathers grain as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until he has ceased to number, for there is no number.
50 Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine comes, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, has borne to him,
51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
and Joseph calls the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me to forget all my labor, and all the house of my father”;
52 And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
and the name of the second he has called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53 When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,
54 the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt has been bread;
55 When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people cry to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh says to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; that which he says to you—do.”
56 When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph opens all [places] which have [grain] in them, and sells to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,
57 And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
and all the earth has come to Egypt, to buy, to Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.
