Genesis 41
1 Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream, and look, he was standing by the Nile.
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,
2 And look, there came up out of the Nile seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds.
and behold, from the River coming up are seven cows, of beautiful appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds;
3 And look, seven other cows came up after them out of the Nile, miserable-looking and thin, and stood by the other cows at the edge of the Nile.
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,
4 The miserable-looking and thin cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
and the cows of bad appearance and lean [in] flesh eat up the seven cows of beautiful appearance, and fat—and Pharaoh awakens.
5 And he slept and dreamed a second time. And look, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.
And he sleeps, and dreams a second time, and behold, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,
6 Then look, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprouted up after them.
and behold, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
7 The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up, and look, it was a dream.
and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears—and Pharaoh awakens, and behold, a dream.
8 It happened in the morning that his mind was troubled, so he summoned all of Egypt's magicians and wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
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.
9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my faults today.
And the chief of the butlers speaks with Pharaoh, saying, “I mention my sin this day:
10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.
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;
11 We had a dream on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own meaning.
and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.
12 Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guards, and we told him, and he interpreted our dreams to us, to each man he interpreted according to his own dream.
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,
13 And it happened just the way he interpreted them to us, so it was: I was restored to my office, and he was hanged."
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.”
14 Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the pit. And he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came in to Pharaoh.
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.
15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream, but there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said about you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."
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,”
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "Apart from God, the welfare of Pharaoh will receive no answer. "
and Joseph answers Pharaoh, saying, “Without me—God answers Pharaoh with peace.”
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream, look, I stood on the edge of the Nile.
And Pharaoh speaks to Joseph: “In my dream, behold, I am standing by the edge of the River,
18 And look, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds.
and behold, out of the River coming up are seven cows, fat [in] flesh, and of beautiful form, and they feed among the reeds;
19 And look, seven other cows came up after them, scrawny and very miserable-looking and thin. I had never seen such bad-looking cows in all the land of Egypt.
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.
20 The thin and miserable-looking cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
And the lean and the bad cows eat up the first seven fat cows,
21 But when they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as miserable-looking as at the beginning. Then I woke up.
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.
22 And I fell asleep, and I saw in my dream, and look, seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.
And I see in my dream, and behold, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good;
23 And look, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprouted up after them.
and behold, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
24 And the seven thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. And I told it to the magicians, but no one could tell me its meaning."
and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell [it] to the enchanters, and there is none declaring [it] to me.”
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are one. God has told Pharaoh what he is about to do.
And Joseph says to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he has declared to Pharaoh;
26 The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. The dreams are the same.
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 miserable-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind. They are seven years of famine.
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;
28 It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
this [is] the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is doing.
29 Look, seven years of great abundance will come throughout all the land of Egypt.
Behold, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,
30 But after them seven years of famine will come, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land,
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,
31 and the abundance will not be remembered in the land because of the famine that follows it, for it will be very severe.
and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it [is] very grievous.
32 Now the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the matter has been fixed by God, and God will carry it out soon.
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.
33 Now therefore Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man, and give him authority over the land of Egypt.
And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;
34 Pharaoh should do this, and should appoint overseers over the land, and they should take a fifth of all the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty,
35 They should gather all the food during these good years that are coming and store the grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and they should preserve it.
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],
36 That food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine that will come on the land of Egypt, so that the land will survive the famine."
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.”
37 The proposal was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,
38 Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"
and Pharaoh says to his servants, “Do we find like this, a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?”
39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “After God’s causing you to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as you;
40 You will be in charge of my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you."
you are over my house, and at your mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than you.”
41 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Look, I have put you in charge over all the land of Egypt."
And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.”
42 Then Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain around his neck.
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,
43 And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had, and they called out before him, "Bow the knee. " So he put him in charge over the entire land of Egypt.
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.
44 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, but without your permission no one will do anything or go anywhere in all the land of Egypt."
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”;
45 Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah. And he gave him Asenath the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as a wife. So Joseph went out through the land of Egypt.
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.
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he began to serve Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph left the presence of Pharaoh and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
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;
47 During the seven years of abundance the land produced large harvests.
and the land makes in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
48 And he collected all the food during the seven years when there was abundance in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities. He placed in every city the food from the fields surrounding it.
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;
49 Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, because it could not be measured.
and Joseph gathers grain as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until he has ceased to number, for there is no number.
50 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
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,
51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: "For God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."
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”;
52 And the name of the second he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."
and the name of the second he has called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53 And the seven years of abundance that occurred in the land of Egypt came to an end.
And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,
54 Then the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.
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;
55 When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh said to all Egypt, "Go to Joseph. Whatever he says to you, do."
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.”
56 So the famine was over all the surface of the land. Then Joseph opened all the storehouses of grain and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
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,
57 And all the countries came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
and all the earth has come to Egypt, to buy, to Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.
