Genesis 41
1 and to be from end year day: year and Pharaoh to dream and behold to stand: stand upon [the] Nile
Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [River].
2 and behold from [the] Nile to ascend: rise seven heifer beautiful appearance and fat flesh and to pasture in/on/with meadow
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
3 and behold seven heifer another to ascend: rise after them from [the] Nile bad: evil appearance and thin flesh and to stand: stand beside [the] heifer upon lip: shore [the] Nile
Soon seven other cows, unhealthy-looking and thin, came up behind them from the Nile [River]. They stood alongside the fat cows that were on the riverbank.
4 and to eat [the] heifer bad: evil [the] appearance and thin [the] flesh [obj] seven [the] heifer beautiful [the] appearance and [the] fat and to awake Pharaoh
Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
5 and to sleep and to dream second and behold seven ear to ascend: rise in/on/with branch: stem one fat and pleasant
The king went to sleep again, and he had another dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain that were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and all growing on one stalk.
6 and behold seven ear thin and to scorch east to spring after them
After that, the king saw that seven other heads of grain sprouted on that (OR, on another) stalk. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
7 and to swallow up [the] ear [the] thin [obj] seven [the] ear [the] fat and [the] full and to awake Pharaoh and behold dream
Then the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven ripe full heads. Then the king woke up. He realized that he had been dreaming.
8 and to be in/on/with morning and to trouble spirit his and to send: depart and to call: call to [obj] all magician Egypt and [obj] all wise her and to recount Pharaoh to/for them [obj] dream his and nothing to interpret [obj] them to/for Pharaoh
But the next morning he was worried about the meaning of the dream. So he summoned all the magicians and wise men who lived in Egypt. He told them what he had dreamed, but none of them could tell him the meaning of the two dreams.
9 and to speak: speak ruler [the] cupbearer with Pharaoh to/for to say [obj] sin my I to remember [the] day: today
Then the chief drink-server said to the king, “Now I remember something that I should have told you! I made a mistake by forgetting to tell it to you.
10 Pharaoh be angry upon servant/slave his and to give: put [obj] me in/on/with custody house: home ruler [the] guard [obj] me and [obj] ruler [the] to bake
One time you were angry with two of us. So you put me and the chief baker in the prison in the house of the captain of the palace guards.
11 and to dream [emph?] dream in/on/with night one I and he/she/it man: anyone like/as interpretation dream his to dream
While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
12 and there with us youth Hebrew servant/slave to/for ruler [the] guard and to recount to/for him and to interpret to/for us [obj] dream our man: anyone like/as dream his to interpret
There was a young Hebrew man there with us. He was a servant of the captain of the palace guards. We told him what we had dreamed, and he told us what our dreams meant. He told each of us the meaning of our dreams.
13 and to be like/as as which to interpret to/for us so to be [obj] me to return: rescue upon stand my and [obj] him to hang
And what happened was exactly the same as the meanings that he told us: You said I could have my previous job again, but the other man was killed by being hanged. [The Hebrew man’s name was Joseph].”
14 and to send: depart Pharaoh and to call: call to [obj] Joseph and to run: run him from [the] pit and to shave and to pass mantle his and to come (in): come to(wards) Pharaoh
When the king heard that, he told some servants to bring Joseph to him, and they quickly brought Joseph out of the prison. Joseph shaved and put on better clothes, and then he went and stood in front of the king.
15 and to say Pharaoh to(wards) Joseph dream to dream and to interpret nothing [obj] him and I to hear: hear upon you to/for to say to hear: hear dream to/for to interpret [obj] him
The king said to Joseph, “I had two dreams, and no one can tell me what they mean. But someone told me that when you hear someone tell about a dream he has had, you can tell that person what the dream means.”
16 and to answer Joseph [obj] Pharaoh to/for to say beside me God to answer [obj] peace Pharaoh
But Joseph replied to the king, “No, I cannot do that. It is God who knows the meaning of dreams, but he will enable me to tell you their meaning, and they will mean something good.”
17 and to speak: speak Pharaoh to(wards) Joseph in/on/with dream my look! I to stand: stand upon lip: shore [the] Nile
The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [River].
18 and behold from [the] Nile to ascend: rise seven heifer fat flesh and beautiful appearance and to pasture in/on/with meadow
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
19 and behold seven heifer another to ascend: rise after them poor and bad: evil appearance much and thin flesh not to see: see like/as them in/on/with all land: country/planet Egypt to/for evil
Soon seven other cows, ugly and thin ones, came up behind them from the river. I never saw such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
20 and to eat [the] heifer [the] thin and [the] bad: harmful [obj] seven [the] heifer [the] first [the] fat
The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
21 and to come (in): come to(wards) entrails: among their and not to know for to come (in): come to(wards) entrails: among their and appearance their bad: evil like/as as which in/on/with beginning and to awake
But afterwards, no one would have known that the thin cows ate them, because they were just as ugly as they were before. Then I woke up.
22 and to see: see in/on/with dream my and behold seven ear to ascend: rise in/on/with branch: stem one full and pleasant
Then I had another dream. I saw seven heads of grain. They were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and they were all growing on one stalk.
23 and behold seven ear to dry thin to scorch east to spring after them
Then [to my surprise] I saw seven other heads of grain that sprouted. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
24 and to swallow up [the] ear [the] thin [obj] seven [the] ear [the] pleasant and to say to(wards) [the] magician and nothing to tell to/for me
The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but none of them could explain to me what they meant.”
25 and to say Joseph to(wards) Pharaoh dream Pharaoh one he/she/it [obj] which [the] God to make: do to tell to/for Pharaoh
Then Joseph said to the king, “Both your dreams have the same meaning. God is revealing to you in your dreams what he is about to do.
26 seven heifer [the] pleasant seven year they(fem.) and seven [the] ear [the] pleasant seven year they(fem.) dream one he/she/it
The seven healthy cows represent seven years. The seven good heads of grain also represent seven years. The two dreams both have the same meaning.
27 and seven [the] heifer [the] thin and [the] bad: harmful [the] to ascend: rise after them seven year they(fem.) and seven [the] ear [the] worthless to scorch [the] east to be seven year famine
The seven thin ugly cows that came up behind them and the seven worthless heads of grain that were dried up by the hot east wind each represent seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce).
28 he/she/it [the] word: thing which to speak: speak to(wards) Pharaoh which [the] God to make: do to see: see [obj] Pharaoh
It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
29 behold seven year to come (in): come abundance great: large in/on/with all land: country/planet Egypt
There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt,
30 and to arise: rise seven year famine after them and to forget all [the] abundance in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt and to end: destroy [the] famine [obj] [the] land: country/planet
but after that there will be seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce). Then people will forget all the years when there was plenty of food, because the famine that will come afterward will ruin the country.
31 and not to know [the] abundance in/on/with land: country/planet from face: because [the] famine [the] he/she/it after so for heavy he/she/it much
The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
32 and upon to repeat [the] dream to(wards) Pharaoh beat for to establish: establish [the] word: thing from from with [the] God and to hasten [the] God to/for to make: do him
The reason God gave to you two dreams is that he [wants you to know] that this will happen, and he will cause it to happen very soon.
33 and now to see: select Pharaoh man to understand and wise and to set: make him upon land: country/planet Egypt
“Now I suggest that you should choose a man who is wise and can make good decisions. I suggest that you appoint him to direct the affairs of the whole country.
34 to make: do Pharaoh and to reckon: overseer overseer upon [the] land: country/planet and to take the fifth part [obj] land: country/planet Egypt in/on/with seven year [the] abundance
You should also appoint supervisors over the country, in order that they can arrange to collect one-fifth of all the grain that is harvested during the seven years when food is plentiful.
35 and to gather [obj] all food [the] year [the] pleasant [the] to come (in): come [the] these and to heap grain underneath: stand hand: power Pharaoh food in/on/with city and to keep: guard
They should collect this amount of grain during those seven years that are coming, when there will be plenty of food. You should supervise them as they store it in the cities.
36 and to be [the] food to/for deposit to/for land: country/planet to/for seven year [the] famine which to be in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt and not to cut: eliminate [the] land: country/planet in/on/with famine
This grain should be stored so that it can be eaten during the seven years when there will be a famine here in Egypt, so that the people in this country will not die from hunger.”
37 and be good [the] word in/on/with eye: appearance Pharaoh and in/on/with eye: appearance all servant/slave his
The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
38 and to say Pharaoh to(wards) servant/slave his to find like/as this man which spirit God in/on/with him
So the king said to them, “(Can we find any other man like Joseph, a man to whom God has given his Spirit?/It is not likely that we will find another man like this man, one to whom God has given his Spirit!)” [RHQ]
39 and to say Pharaoh to(wards) Joseph after to know God [obj] you [obj] all this nothing to understand and wise like you
Then the king said to Joseph, “Because God has revealed all this to you, it seems to me that there is no one who is as wise as you and who can decide wisely about things.
40 you(m. s.) to be upon house: household my and upon lip: word your to kiss all people my except [the] throne to magnify from you
So I will put you in charge of everything in my palace. All the people here in Egypt must obey what you command. Only because I am king [MTY] will I have more authority than you.”
41 and to say Pharaoh to(wards) Joseph to see: behold! to give: put [obj] you upon all land: country/planet Egypt
Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
42 and to turn aside: remove Pharaoh [obj] ring his from upon hand his and to give: put [obj] her upon hand Joseph and to clothe [obj] him garment linen and to set: put necklace [the] gold upon neck his
The king took from his finger the ring that had his seal on it, and he put it on Joseph’s finger. He put robes made of fine linen on him, and he put a gold chain around his neck.
43 and to ride [obj] him in/on/with chariot [the] second which to/for him and to call: call out to/for face: before his to bow and to give: put [obj] him upon all land: country/planet Egypt
Then he arranged for Joseph to ride around in the chariot [that showed that he was] the second-most important man in the country. When Joseph rode in the chariot, men shouted to the people who were on the road in front of him, “Get off the road!” So the king put Joseph in charge of everything in the country.
44 and to say Pharaoh to(wards) Joseph I Pharaoh and beside you not to exalt man: anyone [obj] hand his and [obj] foot his in/on/with all land: country/planet Egypt
The king said to Joseph, “I am the king, but no one in the whole land of Egypt will do anything [IDM] if you do not permit them to do it.”
45 and to call: call by Pharaoh name Joseph Zaphenath-paneah Zaphenath-paneah and to give: give(marriage) to/for him [obj] Asenath daughter Potiphera Potiphera priest On to/for woman: wife and to come out: come Joseph upon land: country/planet Egypt
The king gave Joseph a new name, Zaphenath-Paneah. He also gave him Asenath to be his wife. She was the daughter of Potiphera, who was a priest in a temple in On [city]. Then Joseph became known (OR, traveled) through all the land of Egypt.
46 and Joseph son: aged thirty year in/on/with to stand: appoint he to/for face: before Pharaoh king Egypt and to come out: come Joseph from to/for face: before Pharaoh and to pass in/on/with all land: country/planet Egypt
Joseph was 30 years old when he started to work for the king of Egypt. To do his work, he left the king’s palace and traveled throughout Egypt.
47 and to make [the] land: soil in/on/with seven year [the] abundance to/for handful
During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
48 and to gather [obj] all food seven year which to be in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt and to give: put food in/on/with city food land: country [the] city which around her to give: put in/on/with midst her
As Joseph supervised them, his helpers collected one-fifth of all the grain that was produced during those years, and stored it in the cities. In each city, he had his helpers store up the grain that was grown in the fields that surrounded that city.
49 and to heap Joseph grain like/as sand [the] sea to multiply much till for to cease to/for to recount for nothing number
Joseph had them store up a huge amount of grain. It looked as plentiful as the sand on the seashore. There was so much grain that after a while they stopped keeping records of how much grain was stored, because there was more grain than they could measure.
50 and to/for Joseph to beget two son: child in/on/with before to come (in): come year [the] famine which to beget to/for him Asenath daughter Potiphera Potiphera priest On
Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
51 and to call: call by Joseph [obj] name [the] firstborn Manasseh for to forget me God [obj] all trouble my and [obj] all house: household father my
Joseph named the first one Manasseh, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘forget]’, because, he said, “God has caused me to forget all my troubles and all my father’s family.”
52 and [obj] name [the] second to call: call by Ephraim for be fruitful me God in/on/with land: country/planet affliction my
He named his second son Ephraim, [which means ‘to have children]’, because, he said, “God has given me children here in this land where I have suffered.”
53 and to end: finish seven year [the] abundance which to be in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt
Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
54 and to profane/begin: begin seven year [the] famine to/for to come (in): come like/as as which to say Joseph and to be famine in/on/with all [the] land: country/planet and in/on/with all land: country/planet Egypt to be food: bread
Then the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. There was also a famine in all the other nearby lands, but although the crops did not grow, there was food everywhere in Egypt, because of the grain they had stored up in the cities.
55 and be hungry all land: country/planet Egypt and to cry [the] people to(wards) Pharaoh to/for food: bread and to say Pharaoh to/for all Egyptian to go: went to(wards) Joseph which to say to/for you to make: do
When all the people of [MTY] Egypt had eaten all of their own food and were still hungry, they begged the king for food. So the king told all the people of Egypt, “Go to Joseph, and do what he tells you to do.”
56 and [the] famine to be upon all face: surface [the] land: country/planet and to open Joseph [obj] all which in/on/with them and to buy grain to/for Egypt and to strengthen: strengthen [the] famine in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt
When the famine was very bad throughout the whole country, Joseph ordered his helpers to open the storehouses. Then they sold the grain in the storehouses to the people of Egypt, because the famine was very severe all over Egypt.
57 and all [the] land: country/planet to come (in): come Egypt [to] to/for to buy grain to(wards) Joseph for to strengthen: strengthen [the] famine in/on/with all [the] land: country/planet
And people from many [HYP] nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere [HYP].
