Genesis 41
1 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,
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. And, behold, he stood by the river.
2 and behold, from the River coming up are seven cows, of beautiful appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds;
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, well-favored and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed grass.
3 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,
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 the cows of bad appearance and lean [in] flesh eat up the seven cows of beautiful appearance, and fat—and Pharaoh awakens.
And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed cows ate up the seven well-favored and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he sleeps, and dreams a second time, and behold, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,
And he slept and dreamed a second time. And, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, fat and good.
6 and behold, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
7 and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears—and Pharaoh awakens, and behold, a dream.
And the thin ears swallowed up the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
8 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.
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 of it. And Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no man who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 And the chief of the butlers speaks with Pharaoh, saying, “I mention my sin this day:
Then the chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day.
10 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;
Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.
11 and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he, we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 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,
And there was a young man with us there, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him. And he interpreted to us our dreams. He interpreted to each man according to his dream.
13 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.”
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; he restored me to my office, and he hanged him.
14 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.
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 in to Pharaoh.
15 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,”
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no man who can interpret it. And I have heard say of thee, that when thou hear a dream thou can interpret it.
16 and Joseph answers Pharaoh, saying, “Without me—God answers Pharaoh with peace.”
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 And Pharaoh speaks to Joseph: “In my dream, behold, I am standing by the edge of the River,
And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river.
18 and behold, out of the River coming up are seven cows, fat [in] flesh, and of beautiful form, and they feed among the reeds;
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat-fleshed and well-favored, and they fed in the reed grass.
19 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.
And, behold, seven other cows came up 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 the lean and the bad cows eat up the first seven fat cows,
And the lean and ill-favored cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
21 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.
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 I see in my dream, and behold, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good;
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good.
23 and behold, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them,
24 and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell [it] to the enchanters, and there is none declaring [it] to me.”
and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it to the magicians, but there was no man who could declare it to me.
25 And Joseph says to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he has declared to Pharaoh;
And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
26 the seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one;
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream is one.
27 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;
And the seven lean and ill-favored cows that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind, they shall be seven years of famine.
28 this [is] the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is doing.
That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.
29 Behold, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt,
30 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,
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 plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it [is] very grievous.
And the plenty shall not be known in the land because of that famine which follows, for it shall be very grievous.
32 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.
And because the dream was doubled to Pharaoh, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out for a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty,
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years.
35 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],
And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
36 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.”
And the 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 not perish through the famine.
37 And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 and Pharaoh says to his servants, “Do we find like this, a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?”
And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God?
39 And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “After God’s causing you to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as you;
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Inasmuch as God has shown thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.
40 you are over my house, and at your mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than you.”
Thou shall be over my house, and according to thy word all my people shall be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.”
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 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,
And Pharaoh took his signet ring from off 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 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.
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had, and they cried before him, Bow the knee. And he set him over all the land of Egypt.
44 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”;
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 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.
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, for a wife. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
46 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;
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 land makes in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 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;
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, which was round about every city, he laid up in the same.
49 and Joseph gathers grain as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until he has ceased to number, for there is no number.
And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering, for it was without number.
50 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,
And two sons were born to Joseph before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
51 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”;
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52 and the name of the second he has called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
And the name of the second he called Ephraim, for God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,
And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
54 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;
And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 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.”
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 says to you, do.
56 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,
And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
57 and all the earth has come to Egypt, to buy, to Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe on all the earth.
