Genesis 41
1 post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium putabat se stare super fluvium
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
2 de quo ascendebant septem boves pulchrae et crassae nimis et pascebantur in locis palustribus
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured cows and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
3 aliae quoque septem emergebant de flumine foedae confectaeque macie et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus
And, behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other cows upon the brink of the river.
4 devoraveruntque eas quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat expergefactus Pharao
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed cows ate up the seven well favoured and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 rursum dormivit et vidit alterum somnium septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque formonsae
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, fat and good.
6 aliae quoque totidem spicae tenues et percussae uredine oriebantur
And, behold, seven thin ears and parched with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 devorantes omnem priorum pulchritudinem evigilans post quietem
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
8 et facto mane pavore perterritus misit ad coniectores Aegypti cunctosque sapientes et accersitis narravit somnium nec erat qui interpretaretur
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 its wise men: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister ait confiteor peccatum meum
Then spoke the chief butler to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10 iratus rex servis suis me et magistrum pistorum retrudi iussit in carcerem principis militum
Pharaoh was furious with his servants, and put me in custody in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
11 ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium praesagum futurorum
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 erat ibi puer hebraeus eiusdem ducis militum famulus cui narrantes somnia
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he interpreted.
13 audivimus quicquid postea rei probavit eventus ego enim redditus sum officio meo et ille suspensus est in cruce
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored to my office, and him he hanged.
14 protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Ioseph totonderunt ac veste mutata obtulerunt ei
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 before Pharaoh.
15 cui ille ait vidi somnia nec est qui edisserat quae audivi te prudentissime conicere
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard it said of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 respondit Ioseph absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 narravit ergo ille quod viderat putabam me stare super ripam fluminis
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 et septem boves de amne conscendere pulchras nimis et obesis carnibus quae in pastu paludis virecta carpebant
And, behold, there came out of the river seven cows, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 et ecce has sequebantur aliae septem boves in tantum deformes et macilentae ut numquam tales in terra Aegypti viderim
And, behold, seven other cows came out after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 quae devoratis et consumptis prioribus
And the lean and the ill favoured cows ate up the first seven fat cows:
21 nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium sed simili macie et squalore torpebant evigilans rursum sopore depressus
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 vidi somnium septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque pulcherrimae
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good:
23 aliae quoque septem tenues et percussae uredine oriebantur stipula
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and parched with the east wind, sprung up after them:
24 quae priorum pulchritudinem devorarunt narravi coniectoribus somnium et nemo est qui edisserat
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this to the magicians; but there was none that could make known the meaning of it to me.
25 respondit Ioseph somnium regis unum est quae facturus est Deus ostendit Pharaoni
And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 septem boves pulchrae et septem spicae plenae septem ubertatis anni sunt eandemque vim somnii conprehendunt
The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27 septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentae quae ascenderunt post eas et septem spicae tenues et vento urente percussae septem anni sunt venturae famis
And the seven thin and ill favoured cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blighted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28 qui hoc ordine conplebuntur
This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showeth to Pharaoh.
29 ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnae in universa terra Aegypti
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30 quos sequentur septem anni alii tantae sterilitatis ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia consumptura est enim fames omnem terram
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 et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura inopiae magnitudo
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
32 quod autem vidisti secundo ad eandem rem pertinens somnium firmitatis indicium est eo quod fiat sermo Dei et velocius impleatur
And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium et praeficiat eum terrae Aegypti
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 qui constituat praepositos per singulas regiones et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 qui iam nunc futuri sunt congreget in horrea et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur serveturque in urbibus
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 et paretur futurae septem annorum fami quae pressura est Aegyptum et non consumetur terra inopia
And that food shall be for reserve for the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land may not perish through the famine.
37 placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris eius
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 locutusque est ad eos num invenire poterimus talem virum qui spiritu Dei plenus sit
And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a man as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 dixit ergo ad Ioseph quia ostendit Deus tibi omnia quae locutus es numquid sapientiorem et similem tui invenire potero
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 tu eris super domum meam et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus oboediet uno tantum regni solio te praecedam
Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 dicens quoque rursum Pharao ad Ioseph ecce constitui te super universam terram Aegypti
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 tulit anulum de manu sua et dedit in manu eius vestivitque eum stola byssina et collo torquem auream circumposuit
And Pharaoh took off his ring from 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 fecitque ascendere super currum suum secundum clamante praecone ut omnes coram eo genuflecterent et praepositum esse scirent universae terrae Aegypti
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 dixit quoque rex ad Ioseph ego sum Pharao absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Aegypti
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 vertitque nomen illius et vocavit eum lingua aegyptiaca Salvatorem mundi dedit quoque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos egressus itaque Ioseph ad terram Aegypti
And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him for a wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went over all the land of Egypt.
46 triginta autem erat annorum quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis circuivit omnes regiones Aegypti
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 venitque fertilitas septem annorum et in manipulos redactae segetes congregatae sunt in horrea Aegypti
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est
And he gathered 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 surrounding every city, he laid up in the same.
49 tantaque fuit multitudo tritici ut harenae maris coaequaretur et copia mensuram excederet
And Joseph gathered grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he finished numbering; for it was without number.
50 nati sunt autem Ioseph filii duo antequam veniret fames quos ei peperit Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos
And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bore to him.
51 vocavitque nomen primogeniti Manasse dicens oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum et domum patris mei
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
52 nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim dicens crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meae
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 igitur transactis septem annis ubertatis qui fuerant in Aegypto
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 coeperunt venire septem anni inopiae quos praedixerat Ioseph et in universo orbe fames praevaluit in cuncta autem terra Aegypti erat panis
And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the famine was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 qua esuriente clamavit populus ad Pharaonem alimenta petens quibus ille respondit ite ad Ioseph et quicquid vobis dixerit facite
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 saith to you, do.
56 crescebat autem cotidie fames in omni terra aperuitque Ioseph universa horrea et vendebat Aegyptiis nam et illos oppresserat fames
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 became severe in the land of Egypt.
57 omnesque provinciae veniebant in Aegyptum ut emerent escas et malum inopiae temperarent
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain; because the famine was severe in all lands.
