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.
After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river,
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, of good appearance and fat in flesh; and they fed in the meadow.
Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.
3 And, behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean in flesh; and they stood by the other cows upon the brink of the river.
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:
4 And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed cows did eat up the seven well-favored and fat cows. And Pharaoh awoke.
And they devoured them, whose bodies were very beautiful and well conditioned. So Pharao awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up on one stalk, rank and good.
He slept again, and dreamed another dream: Seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and fair:
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted,
7 And the seven thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
And devoured all the beauty of the former. Pharao awaked after his rest:
8 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 the same unto Pharaoh.
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.
9 Then spoke the chief of the butlers unto Pharaoh, saying, My faults I must call to remembrance this day:
Then at length the chief butler remembering, said: I confess my sin:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guards, me and the chief of the bakers;
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:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each in accordance with the interpretation of his dream.
Where in one night both of us dreamed a dream foreboding things to come.
12 And there was with us a Hebrew lad, a servant to the captain of the guards; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each according to his dream did he interpret.
There was there a young man a Hebrew, servant to the same captain of the soldiers: to whom we told our dreams,
13 And it came to pass, just as he had interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto my office, and him he hanged.
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.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and had Joseph called, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his garments, and came in unto Pharaoh.
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.
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
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.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me; God will give an answer for the peace of Pharaoh.
Joseph answered: Without me, God shall give Pharao a prosperous answer.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river;
So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Methought I stood upon the bank of the river,
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat in flesh and good in shape; and they fed in the meadow;
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.
19 And, behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ill-shaped and lean in flesh; I never saw any like these in all the land of Egypt for ugliness;
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:
20 And the lean and the ill-favored cows did eat up the first seven fat cows;
And they devoured and consumed the former,
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but their appearance was still as bad as at the beginning. And I awoke.
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,
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good;
And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, full and very fair.
23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them;
Other seven also thin and blasted, sprung of the stock:
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could tell it to me.
And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it.
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, the dream of Pharaoh is one, that which God is about to do, he hath told to Pharaoh.
Joseph answered: The king’s dream is one: God hath shewn to Pharao what he is about to do.
26 The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream is one.
The seven beautiful kine, and the seven full ears, are seven years of plenty: and both contain the same meaning of the dream.
27 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, shall be seven years of famine.
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:
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he hath shown unto Pharaoh.
Which shall be fulfilled in this order:
29 Behold, there are coming seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of Egypt:
30 And there shall arise seven years of famine after them, when all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
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,
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following it; for it shall be very grievous.
And the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.
32 And as it respecteth that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is firmly resolved on by God, and God hasteneth to bring it to pass.
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.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and make him ruler over the land of Egypt:
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part [of the produce] of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty.
That he may appoint overseers over all the countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful years,
35 And let them gather up all the food of those good years that are coming, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, as food in the cities, and keep the same.
That shall now presently ensue: and let all the corn be laid up under Pharao’s hands and be reserved in the cities.
36 And that food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land be not cut off through the famine.
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.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
The counsel pleased Pharao and all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?
And he said to them: Can we find such another man, that is full of the spirit of God?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Inasmuch as God hath caused thee to know all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:
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?
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people be ruled, only in regard to the throne will I be greater than thou.
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.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
And again Pharao said to Joseph: Behold, I have appointed thee over the whole land of Egypt.
42 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 golden chain about his neck;
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.
43 And he caused him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bend the knee: and he placed him [thus] over all the land of Egypt.
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.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh; but without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
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.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-pa'neach; and he gave him Assenath the daughter of Poti-phera', the priest of On, for wife. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
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:
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
(Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao) and he went round all the countries of Egypt.
47 And the earth brought forth in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.
48 And 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: the food of the field of the city, which was round about it, laid he up in the same.
And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.
49 And Joseph heaped up corn as the sand of the sea, very much; until he left off numbering, for it was without number.
And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Assenath the daughter of Poti-phera' the priest of On, bore unto him.
And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born Menasseh: For God [said he] hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
And he called the name of the firstborn Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father’s house.
52 And the name of the second he called Ephraim; For God [said he] hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.
53 And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:
54 And the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all the countries, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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.
55 And when all the land of Egypt also felt hunger, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
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.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, wherein corn was, and sold unto the Egyptians; for the famine grew strong in the land of Egypt.
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.
57 And all the countries came into Egypt to buy corn of Joseph; because the famine was sore in all the countries.
And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.
