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1
Now it happened
at the end
of two full
years
that Pharaoh
had a dream,
and behold,
he was standing
by the Nile.
2
And lo,
from the Nile
there came
up seven
cows,
sleek
and fat;
and they grazed
in the marsh grass.
3
Then behold,
seven
other
cows
came
up after
them from the Nile,
ugly
and gaunt,
and they stood
by the
other
cows
on the bank
of the Nile.
4
The ugly
and gaunt
cows
ate
up the seven
sleek
and fat
cows
.
Then Pharaoh
awoke.
5
He fell asleep
and dreamed
a second time;
and behold,
seven
ears of grain
came
up on a single
stalk,
plump
and good.
6
Then behold,
seven
ears,
thin
and scorched
by the east wind,
sprouted
up after
them.
7
The thin
ears
swallowed
up the seven
plump
and full
ears
.
Then Pharaoh
awoke,
and behold,
it was a dream.
8
Now in the morning
his spirit
was troubled,
so he sent
and called
for all
the magicians
of Egypt,
and all
its wise men.
And Pharaoh
told
them his dreams,
but there was no one
who could interpret
them to Pharaoh.
9
Then the chief
cupbearer
spoke
to Pharaoh,
saying,
"I would make mention
today
of my own offenses.
10
"Pharaoh
was furious
with his servants,
and he put
me in confinement
in the house
of the captain
of the bodyguard,
both me and the chief
baker.
11
"We had
a dream
on the same
night,
he and I; each
of us dreamed
according to the interpretation
of his own dream.
12
"Now a Hebrew
youth
was with us there,
a servant
of the captain
of the bodyguard,
and we related
them to him, and
he interpreted
our dreams
for us. To each one
he interpreted
according to his own dream.
13
"And just
as he interpreted
for us, so
it happened;
he restored
me in my office,
but he hanged
him."
14
Then Pharaoh
sent
and called
for Joseph,
and they hurriedly brought
him out of the dungeon;
and when he had shaved
himself and changed
his clothes,
he came
to Pharaoh.
15
Pharaoh
said
to Joseph,
"I have had
a dream
,
but no one
can interpret
it; and I have heard
it
said
about
you, that when you hear
a dream
you
can interpret
it."
16
Joseph
then answered
Pharaoh
,
saying,
"It is not in me; God
will give
Pharaoh
a favorable
answer."
17
So Pharaoh
spoke
to Joseph,
"In my dream,
behold,
I was standing
on the bank
of the Nile;
18
and behold,
seven
cows,
fat
and sleek
came
up out of the Nile,
and they grazed
in the marsh grass.
19
"Lo,
seven
other
cows
came
up after
them, poor
and very
ugly
and gaunt,
such
as I had never
seen
for ugliness
in all
the land
of Egypt;
20
and the lean
and ugly
cows
ate
up the first
seven
fat
cows
.
21
"Yet when they had devoured
them, it could not be detected
that they had devoured
them, for they were just
as ugly
as before.
Then I awoke.
22
"I saw
also in my dream,
and behold,
seven
ears,
full
and good,
came
up on a single
stalk;
23
and lo,
seven
ears,
withered,
thin,
and scorched
by the east wind,
sprouted
up after
them;
24
and the thin
ears
swallowed
the seven
good
ears
.
Then I told
it to the magicians,
but there was no one
who could explain
it to me."
25
Now Joseph
said
to Pharaoh
,
"Pharaoh's
dreams
are one
and the same; God
has told
to Pharaoh
what
He is about to do.
26
"The seven
good
cows
are seven
years;
and the seven
good
ears
are seven
years;
the dreams
are one
and the same.
27
"The seven
lean
and ugly
cows
that came
up after
them are seven
years
,
and the seven
thin
ears
scorched
by the east wind
will be seven
years
of famine.
28
"It is as I have spoken
to Pharaoh
:
God
has shown
to Pharaoh
what
He is about to do.
29
"Behold,
seven
years
of great
abundance
are coming
in all
the land
of Egypt;
30
and after
them seven
years
of famine
will come,
and all
the abundance
will be forgotten
in the land
of Egypt,
and the famine
will ravage
the land.
31
"So the abundance
will be unknown
in the land
because
of that subsequent
famine;
for it will be very
severe.
32
"Now as for the repeating
of the dream
to Pharaoh
twice,
it means that the matter
is determined
by God,
and God
will quickly
bring it about.
33
"Now
let Pharaoh
look
for a man
discerning
and wise,
and set
him over
the land
of Egypt.
34
"Let Pharaoh
take action
to appoint
overseers
in charge
of the land,
and let him exact a fifth
of the produce of the land
of Egypt
in the seven
years
of abundance.
35
"Then let them gather
all
the food
of these
good
years
that are coming,
and store
up the grain
for food
in the cities
under
Pharaoh's
authority,
and let them guard
it.
36
"Let the food
become
as a reserve
for the land
for the seven
years
of famine
which
will occur
in the land
of Egypt,
so that the land
will not perish
during the famine."
37
Now the proposal
seemed good
to Pharaoh
and to all
his servants.
38
Then Pharaoh
said
to his servants,
"Can we find
a man
like this,
in whom
is a divine
spirit?"
39
So Pharaoh
said
to Joseph,
"Since
God
has informed
you of all
this,
there is no one
so discerning
and wise
as you are.
40
"You sh
all
be over
my house,
and according
to your command
all
my people
sh
all
do homage;
only
in the throne
I will be greater
than
you."
41
Pharaoh
said
to Joseph,
"See,
I have set
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 garments
of fine linen
and put
the gold
necklace
around
his neck.
43
He had him ride
in his second
chariot;
and they proclaimed
before
him, "Bow the knee!"
And he set
him over
all
the land
of Egypt.
44
Moreover, Pharaoh
said
to Joseph,
"Though I am Pharaoh,
yet without
your permission no
one
shall raise
his hand
or foot
in all
the land
of Egypt."
45
Then Pharaoh
named
Joseph
Zaphenath-paneah;
and he gave
him Asenath,
the daughter
of Potiphera
priest
of On,
as his wife.
And
Joseph
went forth
over
the land
of Egypt.
46
Now Joseph
was thirty
years
old
when he stood
before
Pharaoh,
king
of Egypt.
And Joseph
went
out from the presence
of Pharaoh
and
went
through
all
the land
of Egypt.
47
During the seven
years
of plenty
the land
brought forth
abundantly.
48
So he gathered
all
the food
of these seven
years
which
occurred
in the land
of Egypt
and placed
the food
in the cities;
he placed
in every city
the food
from its own surrounding
fields.
49
Thus Joseph
stored
up grain
in great abundance
like the sand
of the sea,
until
he stopped
measuring
it, for it was beyond
measure.
50
Now before
the year
of famine
came,
two
sons
were born
to Joseph,
whom
Asenath,
the daughter
of Potiphera
priest
of On,
bore
to him.
51
Joseph
named
the firstborn
Manasseh,
"For," he said, "God
has made me forget
all
my trouble
and
all
my father's
household."
52
He named
the second
Ephraim,
"For," he said, "God
has made me fruitful
in the land
of my affliction."
53
When the seven
years
of plenty
which
had been
in the land
of Egypt
came to an end,
54
and the seven
years
of famine
began
to come,
just
as Joseph
had said,
then there was famine
in all
the lands,
but
in all
the land
of Egypt
there was bread.
55
So when all
the land
of Egypt
was famished,
the people
cried
out to Pharaoh
for bread;
and Pharaoh
said
to all
the Egyptians,
"Go
to Joseph;
whatever
he says
to you, you shall do."
56
When the famine
was spread over
all
the face
of the earth,
then Joseph
opened
all
the storehouses,
and sold
to the Egyptians;
and the famine
was severe
in the land
of Egypt.
57
The people of all
the earth
came
to Egypt
to buy grain
from Joseph,
because
the famine
was severe
in all
the earth
.
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