Genesis 41
1 And it was from [the] end of two years days and Pharaoh [was] dreaming and there! [he was] standing at the River.
After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river,
2 And there! from the River [were] coming up seven cows good looking of appearance and fat of flesh and they grazed among the reed[s].
Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.
3 And there! seven cows another [were] coming up after them from the River displeasing of appearance and thin of flesh and they stood beside the cows on [the] bank 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 they ate the cows displeasing of appearance and [the] thin of flesh seven the cows good looking of appearance and fat and he awoke Pharaoh.
And they devoured them, whose bodies were very beautiful and well conditioned. So Pharao awoke.
5 And he slept and he dreamed a second [time] and there! - seven ears of grain [were] coming up on a stalk one fat and good.
He slept again, and dreamed another dream: Seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and fair:
6 And there! seven ears of grain thin and scorched of an east wind [were] springing up after them.
Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted,
7 And they swallowed the ears of grain thin seven the ears of grain fat and full and he awoke Pharaoh and there! a dream.
And devoured all the beauty of the former. Pharao awaked after his rest:
8 And it was in the morning and it was troubled spirit his and he sent and he summoned all [the] diviner priests of Egypt and all wise [men] its and he recounted Pharaoh to them dream his and there not [was one who] interpreted them for 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 And he spoke [the] chief of the cup bearers with Pharaoh saying sins my I [am] bringing to remembrance this day.
Then at length the chief butler remembering, said: I confess my sin:
10 Pharaoh he was angry towards servants his and he put me in [the] custody of [the] house of [the] commander of the bodyguards 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 a night one I and he each according to [the] interpretation of dream his we dreamed.
Where in one night both of us dreamed a dream foreboding things to come.
12 And [was] there with us a young man a Hebrew a slave of [the] commander of the bodyguards and we recounted to him and he interpreted for us dreams our each according to dream his he interpreted.
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 was just as he interpreted for us so it was me he restored to office my 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 And he sent Pharaoh and he summoned Joseph and people brought quickly him from the pit and he shaved and he changed clothes his and he came to 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 he said Pharaoh to Joseph a dream I have dreamed and [is one who] interprets there not it and I I have heard on you saying you hear 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 he answered Joseph Pharaoh saying apart from me God he will answer [the] welfare of Pharaoh.
Joseph answered: Without me, God shall give Pharao a prosperous answer.
17 And he spoke Pharaoh to Joseph in dream my if [was] I standing on [the] bank of the River.
So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Methought I stood upon the bank of the river,
18 And there! from the River [were] coming up seven cows fat of flesh and good looking of form and they grazed among the reed[s].
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 there! seven cows another [were] coming up after them weak and displeasing of form very and thin of flesh not I have seen like them in all [the] land of Egypt to badness.
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 they ate the cows thin and displeasing seven the cows former fat.
And they devoured and consumed the former,
21 And they went into inward part[s] their and not it was known that they had gone into inward part[s] their and appearance their [was] displeasing just 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 dream my and there! - seven ears of grain [were] coming up on a stalk one full and good.
And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, full and very fair.
23 And there! seven ears of grain withered thin scorched of an east wind [were] springing up after them.
Other seven also thin and blasted, sprung of the stock:
24 And they swallowed the ears of grain thin seven the ears of grain good and I said to the diviner priests and there not [was one who] told 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 he said Joseph to Pharaoh [the] dream of Pharaoh [is] one it [that] which God [is] about to do he has told to Pharaoh.
Joseph answered: The king’s dream is one: God hath shewn to Pharao what he is about to do.
26 Seven cows good [are] seven years they and seven the ears of grain good [are] seven years they [is] dream one it.
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 seven the cows thin and displeasing that were coming up after them [are] seven years they and seven the ears of grain empty scorched of the east wind they will 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 That [is] the word which I spoke to Pharaoh [that] which God [is] about to do he has shown Pharaoh.
Which shall be fulfilled in this order:
29 There! seven years [are] about to come plenty great [will be] in all [the] land of Egypt.
Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of Egypt:
30 And they will arise seven years of famine after them and it will be forgotten all the plenty in [the] land of Egypt and it will destroy the famine 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 not it will be known the plenty in the land because of the famine that after thus for [will be] heavy it very.
And the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.
32 And on [the] being repeated of the dream to Pharaoh two times for [is] certain the matter from with God and [is] hurrying God to do it.
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 And therefore let him see Pharaoh a man discerning and wise and let him 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 him act Pharaoh and let him appoint overseers over the land and he will take a fifth of [the] land of Egypt in seven [the] 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 all [the] food of the years good that are coming these and let them store up grain under [the] hand of Pharaoh food in the cities and they will keep [it].
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 it will become the food a store for the land for seven [the] years of famine which they will be in [the] land of Egypt and not it will be cut off the land by 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 it was good the word in [the] eyes of Pharaoh and in [the] eyes of all servants his.
The counsel pleased Pharao and all his servants.
38 And he said Pharaoh to servants his ¿ has he been found like this one a man whom [the] spirit of God [is] in him.
And he said to them: Can we find such another man, that is full of the spirit of God?
39 And he said Pharaoh to Joseph after has made know God you all this there not [is] a discerning [person] and a wise [person] like you.
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 You you will be over house my and on mouth your it will kiss all people my only the throne I will be great more than you.
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 he said Pharaoh to Joseph see I set you 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 he removed Pharaoh signet-ring his from on hand his and he set it on [the] hand of Joseph and he clothed him clothes of fine linen and he put [the] chain of gold on neck his.
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 made ride him in [the] chariot of the second which [belonged] to him and they called out before him bend [the] knee and he put him 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 he said Pharaoh to Joseph I [am] Pharaoh and apart from you not he will lift up anyone hand his and foot his 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 he called Pharaoh [the] name of Joseph Zaphenath-Paneah and he gave to him Asenath [the] daughter of Poti-phera [the] priest of On to a wife and he went out Joseph over [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] a son of thirty year[s] when stood he before Pharaoh [the] king of Egypt and he went out Joseph from to before Pharaoh and he passed in 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 it produced the land in seven [the] years of plenty to 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 all [the] food of - seven [the] years which they were in [the] land of Egypt and he put food in the cities [the] food of [the] field[s] of the city which [was] around it he put in [the] midst of it.
And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.
49 And he stored up Joseph grain like [the] sand of the sea much very until that he ceased to measure [it] for there not [was] a measure.
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 to Joseph it was born two sons before it came [the] year of famine whom she bore to him Asenath [the] daughter of Poti-phera [the] priest of On.
And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore unto him.
51 And he called Joseph [the] name of the firstborn Manasseh for he has made forget me God all trouble my and all [the] household of father my.
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 he has made fruitful me God in [the] land of affliction my.
And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.
53 And they came to an end seven [the] years of plenty which it was in [the] land of Egypt.
Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:
54 And they began seven [the] years of famine to come just as he had said Joseph and it was a famine in all the lands and in all [the] land of Egypt it was food.
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 it was hungry all [the] land of Egypt and it cried out the people to Pharaoh for food and he said Pharaoh to all Egypt go to Joseph [that] which he will say to you you will 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 it was over all [the] face of the land and he opened Joseph all that [was] in them and he bought grain to Egypt and it was severe the famine 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 earth they came Egypt towards to buy grain to Joseph for it was severe the famine in all the earth.
And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.
