Genesis 41
1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river.
Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
2 And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fine-looking and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed-grass.
de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchræ et crassæ nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
3 And behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, bad-looking and lean-fleshed, and stood by the kine on the bank of the river.
Aliæ quoque septem emergebant de flumine, fœdæ, confectæque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
4 And the kine that were bad-looking and lean-fleshed ate up the seven kine that were fine-looking and fat. And Pharaoh awoke.
devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species, et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time; and behold, seven ears of corn grew up on one stalk, fat and good.
rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque formosæ:
6 And behold, seven ears, thin and parched with the east wind, sprung up after them.
aliæ quoque totidem spicæ tenues, et percussæ uredine oriebantur,
7 And the thin ears devoured the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke; and behold, it was a dream.
devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
8 And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the scribes of Egypt, and all the sages who were therein, and Pharaoh told them his dream; but [there was] none to interpret them to Pharaoh.
et facto mane, pavore perterritus, misit ad omnes coniectores Ægypti, cunctosque sapientes: et accersitis narravit somnium, nec erat qui interpretaretur.
9 Then spoke the chief of the cup-bearers to Pharaoh, saying, I remember mine offences this day.
Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his bondmen, and put me in custody into the captain of the life-guard's house, me and the chief of the bakers.
Iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi iussit in carcerem principis militum:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each according to the interpretation of his dream.
ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium præsagum futurorum.
12 And there was there with us a Hebrew youth, a bondman of the captain of the life-guard, to whom we told [them], and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each he interpreted according to his dream.
Erat ibi puer Hebræus, eiusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
13 And it came to pass, just as he interpreted to us, so it came about: me has he restored to my office, and him he hanged.
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. And he shaved [himself], and changed his clothes, and came in to Pharaoh.
Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Ioseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata, obtulerunt ei.
15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamt a dream, and there is none to interpret it. And I have heard say of thee, thou understandest a dream to interpret it.
Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quæ audivi te sapientissime coniicere.
16 And 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 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river.
Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
18 And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and of fine form, and they fed in the reed-grass.
et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
19 And behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very ill-formed, and lean-fleshed — such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.
Et ecce, has sequebantur aliæ septem boves in tantum deformes et macilentæ, ut numquam tales in terra Ægypti viderim:
20 And the lean and bad kine ate up the seven first fat kine;
quæ, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
21 and they came into their belly, and it could not be known that they had come into their belly; and their look was bad, as at the beginning. And I awoke.
nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
22 And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good.
vidi somnium: Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque pulcherrimæ.
23 And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them;
Aliæ quoque septem tenues et percussæ uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
24 and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.
quæ priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi coniectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
25 And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God will do he has made known to Pharaoh.
Respondit Ioseph: Somnium regis unum est: quæ facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
26 The seven fine kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
Septem boves pulchræ, et septem spicæ plenæ: septem ubertatis anni sunt: eamdemque vim somnii comprehendunt.
27 And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears, parched with the east wind, will be seven years of famine.
Septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentæ, quæ ascenderunt post eas, et septem spicæ tenues, et vento urente percussæ, septem anni venturæ sunt famis.
28 This is the word which I have spoken to Pharaoh: what God is about to do he has let Pharaoh see.
Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout the land of Egypt.
Ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti:
30 And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will waste away the land.
quos sequentur septem anni alii tantæ sterilitatis, ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia: consumptura est enim fames omnem terram,
31 And the plenty will not be known afterwards in the land by reason of that famine; for it will be very grievous.
et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiæ magnitudo.
32 And as regards the double repetition of the dream to Pharaoh, it is that the thing is established by God, and God will hasten to do it.
Quod autem vidisti secundo ad eamdem rem pertinens somnium: firmitatis indicium est, eo quod fiat sermo Dei, et velocius impleatur.
33 And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et præficiat eum Terræ Ægypti:
34 Let Pharaoh do [this]: let him appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty,
Qui constituat præpositos per cunctas regiones: et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,
35 and let them gather all the food of these coming good years, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, for food in the cities, and keep [it].
qui iam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus.
36 And let the food be as store for the land for the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.
Et præparetur futuræ septem annorum fami, quæ oppressura est Ægyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
37 And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his bondmen.
Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris eius:
38 And Pharaoh said to his bondmen, Shall we find [one] as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
locutusque est ad eos: Num invenire poterimus talem virum, qui Spiritu Dei plenus sit?
39 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all this known to thee, there is none [so] discreet and wise as thou.
Dixit ergo ad Ioseph: Quia ostendit tibi Deus omnia quæ locutus es, numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy commandment shall all my people regulate themselves; only concerning the throne will I be greater than thou.
Tu eris super domum meam, et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus obediet: uno tantum regni solio te præcedam.
41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Ioseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Ægypti.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in clothes of byssus, and put a gold chain on his neck.
Tulitque annulum de manu sua, et dedit eum in manu eius: vestivitque eum stola byssina, et collo torquem auream circumposuit.
43 And he caused him to ride in the second chariot that he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee! and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
Fecitque eum ascendere super currum suum secundum, clamante præcone, ut omnes coram eo genu flecterent, et præpositum esse scirent universæ Terræ Ægypti.
44 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
Dixit quoque rex ad Ioseph: Ego sum Pharao: absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Ægypti.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah, and gave him as wife Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
Vertitque nomen eius, et vocavit eum lingua Ægyptiaca, Salvatorem mundi. Deditque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos. Egressus est itaque Ioseph ad terram Ægypti
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh, and passed through the whole land of Egypt.
(Triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis) et circuivit omnes regiones Ægypti.
47 And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.
Venitque fertilitas septem annorum: et in manipulos redactæ segetes congregatæ sunt in horrea Ægypti.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years that was in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities; the food of the fields of the city, which were round about it, he laid up in it.
Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
49 And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenæ maris coæquaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
50 And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On bore to him.
Nati sunt autem Ioseph filii duo antequam veniret fames: quos peperit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh — For 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 And the name of the second he called Ephraim — For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meæ.
53 And the seven years of plenty that were in the land of Egypt were ended;
Igitur transactis septem ubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Ægypto:
54 and the seven years of the dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was dearth in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
cœperunt venire septem anni inopiæ: quos prædixerat Ioseph: et in universo orbe fames prævaluit, in cuncta autem terra Ægypti panis erat.
55 And all the land of Egypt suffered from the dearth. And the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph: what he says to you, that do.
Qua esuriente, clamavit populus ad Pharaonem, alimenta petens. Quibus ille respondit: Ite ad Ioseph: et quidquid ipse vobis dixerit, facite.
56 And the famine was on all the earth. And Joseph opened every place in which there was [provision], and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was grievous in the land of Egypt.
Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Ioseph universa horrea, et vendebat Ægyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy [grain], because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.
Omnesque provinciæ veniebant in Ægyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiæ temperarent.
