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,
Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
2 and behold, from the River coming up are seven cows, of beautiful appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds;
de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchræ et crassæ nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
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,
Aliæ quoque septem emergebant de flumine, fœdæ, confectæque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
4 and the cows of bad appearance and lean [in] flesh eat up the seven cows of beautiful appearance, and fat—and Pharaoh awakens.
devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species, et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
5 And he sleeps, and dreams a second time, and behold, seven ears are coming 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 blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
aliæ quoque totidem spicæ tenues, et percussæ uredine oriebantur,
7 and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears—and Pharaoh awakens, and behold, a dream.
devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
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.
et facto mane, pavore perterritus, misit ad omnes coniectores Ægypti, cunctosque sapientes: et accersitis narravit somnium, nec erat qui interpretaretur.
9 And the chief of the butlers speaks with Pharaoh, saying, “I mention my sin this day:
Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
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;
Iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi iussit in carcerem principis militum:
11 and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.
ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium præsagum futurorum.
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,
Erat ibi puer Hebræus, eiusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
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.”
audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus. ego enim redditus sum officio meo: et ille suspensus est in cruce.
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.
Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Ioseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata, obtulerunt ei.
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,”
Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quæ audivi te sapientissime coniicere.
16 and Joseph answers Pharaoh, saying, “Without me—God answers Pharaoh with peace.”
Respondit Ioseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
17 And Pharaoh speaks to Joseph: “In my dream, behold, I am standing by the edge of the River,
Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
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;
et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
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.
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 bad cows eat up the first seven fat cows,
quæ, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
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.
nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
22 And I see in my dream, and behold, seven ears are coming 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 an east wind, are springing up after them;
Aliæ quoque septem tenues et percussæ uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
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.”
quæ priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi coniectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
25 And Joseph says to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he has declared to Pharaoh;
Respondit Ioseph: 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 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;
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 to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is doing.
Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
29 Behold, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,
Ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti:
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,
quos sequentur septem anni alii tantæ sterilitatis, ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia: consumptura est enim fames omnem terram,
31 and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it [is] very grievous.
et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiæ magnitudo.
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.
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 provide a man, intelligent 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 make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth 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 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],
qui iam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus.
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.”
Et præparetur futuræ septem annorum fami, quæ oppressura est Ægyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
37 And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,
Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris eius:
38 and Pharaoh says to his servants, “Do we find like 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 says to Joseph, “After God’s causing you to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as you;
Dixit ergo ad Ioseph: Quia ostendit tibi Deus omnia quæ locutus es, numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?
40 you are over my house, and at your mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than you.”
Tu eris super domum meam, et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus obediet: uno tantum regni solio te præcedam.
41 And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.”
Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Ioseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Ægypti.
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,
Tulitque annulum de manu sua, et dedit eum in manu eius: vestivitque eum stola byssina, et collo torquem auream circumposuit.
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.
Fecitque eum ascendere super currum suum secundum, clamante præcone, ut omnes coram eo genuflecterent, et præpositum esse scirent universæ Terræ Ægypti.
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”;
Dixit quoque rex ad Ioseph: Ego sum Pharao: absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Ægypti.
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.
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 [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;
(Triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis) et circuivit omnes regiones Ægypti.
47 and the land makes 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 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;
Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
49 and Joseph gathers grain as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until he has ceased to number, for there is no 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 comes, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, has borne to him,
Nati sunt autem Ioseph filii duo antequam veniret fames: quos peperit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos.
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”;
Vocavitque nomen primogeniti, Manasses, dicens: Oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum, et domus patris mei.
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.”
Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meæ.
53 And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,
Igitur transactis septem ubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Ægypto:
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;
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 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.”
Qua esuriente, clamavit populus ad Pharaonem, alimenta petens. Quibus ille respondit: Ite ad Ioseph: et quidquid ipse vobis dixerit, facite.
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,
Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Ioseph universa horrea, et vendebat Ægyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
57 and all the earth has come to Egypt, to buy, to Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.
Omnesque provinciæ veniebant in Ægyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiæ temperarent.
