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 cows, of good appearance and fat in flesh; and they fed in the meadow.
de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchræ et crassæ nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
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.
Aliæ quoque septem emergebant de flumine, fœdæ confectæque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
4 And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed cows did eat up the seven well-favored and fat cows. And Pharaoh awoke.
devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
5 And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up on one stalk, rank and good.
rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque formosæ:
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
aliæ quoque totidem spicæ tenues, et percussæ uredine oriebantur,
7 And the seven thin ears swallowed up the seven rank 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 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.
et facto mane, pavore perterritus, misit ad omnes conjectores Ægypti, cunctosque sapientes, et accersitis narravit somnium, nec erat qui interpretaretur.
9 Then spoke the chief of the butlers unto Pharaoh, saying, My faults I must call to remembrance this day:
Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
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;
iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi jussit in carcerem principis militum:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each in accordance with the interpretation of his dream.
ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium præsagum futurorum.
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.
Erat ibi puer hebræus, ejusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
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.
audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus; ego enim redditus sum officio meo, et ille suspensus est in cruce.
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.
Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Joseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata obtulerunt ei.
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.
Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quæ audivi te sapientissime conjicere.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me; God will give an answer for the peace of Pharaoh.
Respondit Joseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink 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 cows, fat in flesh and good in shape; and they fed in the meadow;
et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
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;
Et ecce, has sequebantur aliæ septem boves, in tantum deformes et macilentæ, ut numquam tales in terra Ægypti viderim:
20 And the lean and the ill-favored cows did eat up the first seven fat cows;
quæ, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
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.
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, blasted 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 this unto the magicians; but there was none that could tell it to me.
quæ priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi conjectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, the dream of Pharaoh is one, that which God is about to do, he hath told to Pharaoh.
Respondit Joseph: Somnium regis unum est: quæ facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
26 The seven good cows 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 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.
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 thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he hath shown unto Pharaoh.
Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
29 Behold, there are coming seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti,
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;
quos sequentur septem anni alii tantæ sterilitatis, ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia: consumptura est enim fames omnem terram,
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following it; for it shall be very grievous.
et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiæ magnitudo.
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.
Quod autem vidisti secundo ad eamdem rem pertinens somnium: firmitatis indicium est, eo quod fiat sermo Dei, et velocius impleatur.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look 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, 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.
qui constituat præpositos per cunctas regiones: et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,
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.
qui jam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus.
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.
Et præparetur futuræ septem annorum fami, quæ oppressura est Ægyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris ejus:
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a 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 unto Joseph, Inasmuch as God hath caused thee to know all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:
Dixit ergo ad Joseph: 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 word shall all my people be ruled, only in regard to 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 unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Joseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Ægypti.
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;
Tulitque annulum de manu sua, et dedit eum in manu ejus: vestivitque eum stola byssina, et collo torquem auream circumposuit.
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.
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 unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh; but without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
Dixit quoque rex ad Joseph: Ego sum Pharao: absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Ægypti.
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.
Vertitque nomen ejus, et vocavit eum, lingua ægyptiaca, Salvatorem mundi. Deditque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos. Egressus est itaque Joseph ad terram Ægypti
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.
(triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis), et circuivit omnes regiones Ægypti.
47 And the earth brought forth in the seven years of plenty 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, 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.
Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
49 And Joseph heaped up corn as the sand of the sea, very much; until he left off numbering, for it was without number.
Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenæ maris coæquaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
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.
Nati sunt autem Joseph filii duo antequam veniret fames: quos peperit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos.
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.
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 [said he] hath 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 was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
Igitur transactis septem ubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Ægypto,
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.
cœperunt venire septem anni inopiæ, quos prædixerat Joseph: et in universo orbe fames prævaluit, in cuncta autem terra Ægypti panis erat.
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.
Qua esuriente, clamavit populus ad Pharaonem, alimenta petens. Quibus ille respondit: Ite ad Joseph: et quidquid ipse vobis dixerit, facite.
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.
Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Joseph universa horrea, et vendebat Ægyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
57 And all the countries came into Egypt to buy corn of Joseph; because the famine was sore in all the countries.
Omnesque provinciæ veniebant in Ægyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiæ temperarent.
