41:1 And it came to pass after two full
years that Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood upon [the bank of] the
river.
41:2 And lo, there came up as it were out of the river seven cows, fair in
appearance, and choice of flesh, and they fed on the sedge.
41:3 And other seven cows came up after these out of the river, ill-favoured
and lean-fleshed, and fed by the [other] cows on the bank of the river.
41:4 And the seven ill-favoured and lean cows devoured the seven well-favoured
and choice-fleshed cows; and Pharao awoke.
41:5 And he dreamed again. And, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk,
choice and good.
41:6 And, behold, seven ears thin and blasted with the wind, grew up after
them.
41:7 And the seven thin ears and blasted with the wind devoured the seven
choice and full ears; and Pharao awoke, and it was a dream.
41:8 And it was morning, and his soul was troubled; and he sent and called
all the interpreters of Egypt, and all her wise men; and Pharao related to
them his dream, and there was no one to interpret it to Pharao.
41:9 And the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharao, saying, I this day remember my
fault:
41:10 Pharao was angry with his servants, and put us in prison in the house
of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker.
41:11 And we had a dream both in one night, I and he; we saw, each according
to his dream.
41:12 And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew servant of the
captain of the guard; and we related to him [our dreams], and he interpreted
[them] to us.
41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted them to us, so also it
happened, both that I was restored to my office, and that he was hanged.
41:14 And Pharao having sent, called Joseph; and they brought him out from
the prison, and shaved him, and changed his dress, and he came to Pharao.
41:15 And Pharao said to Joseph, I have seen a vision, and there is no one
to interpret it; but I have heard say concerning thee that thou didst hear
dreams and interpret them.
41:16 And Joseph answered Pharao and said, Without God an answer of safety
shall not be given to Pharao.
41:17 And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, In my dream methought I stood by
the bank of the river;
41:18 and there came up as it were out of the river, seven cows well-favoured
and choice-fleshed, and they fed on the sedge.
41:19 And behold seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil
and ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such that I never saw worse in all the
land of Egypt.
41:20 And the seven ill-favoured and thin cows ate up the seven first good
and choice cows.
41:21 And they went into their bellies; and it was not perceptible that they
had gone into their bellies, and their appearance was ill-favoured, as also
at the beginning; and after I awoke I slept,
41:22 and saw again in my sleep, and as it were seven ears came up on one
stem, full and good.
41:23 And other seven ears, thin and blasted with the wind, sprang up close
to them.
41:24 And the seven thin and blasted ears devoured the seven fine and full
ears: so I spoke to the interpreters, and there was no one to explain it to
me.
41:25 And Joseph said to Pharao, The dream of Pharao is one; whatever God
does, he has shewn to Pharao.
41:26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven
years; the dream of Pharao is one.
41:27 And the seven thin kine that came up after them are seven years; and
the seven thin and blasted ears are seven years; there shall be seven years
of famine.
41:28 And as for the word which I have told Pharao, whatsoever God intends
to do, he has shewn to Pharao:
41:29 behold, for seven years there is coming great plenty in all the land
of Egypt.
41:30 But there shall come seven years of famine after these, and they shall
forget the plenty that shall be in all Egypt, and the famine shall consume
the land.
41:31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine
that shall be after this, for it shall be very grievous.
41:32 And concerning the repetition of the dream to Pharao twice, [it is]
because the saying which is from God shall be true, and God will hasten to
accomplish it.
41:33 Now then, look out a wise and prudent man, and set him over the land
of Egypt.
41:34 And let Pharao make and appoint local governors over the land; and let
them take up a fifth part of all the produce of the land of Egypt for the
seven years of the plenty.
41:35 And let them gather all the food of these seven good years that are
coming, and let the corn be gathered under the hand of Pharao; let food be
kept in the cities.
41:36 And the stored food shall be for the land against the seven years of
famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not be
utterly destroyed by the famine.
41:37 And the word was pleasing in the sight of Pharao, and in the sight of
all his servants.
41:38 And Pharao said to all his servants, Shall we find such a man as this,
who has the Spirit of God in him?
41:39 And Pharao said to Joseph, Since God has shewed thee all these things,
there is not a wiser or more prudent man than thou.
41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, and all my people shall be obedient to
thy word; only in the throne will I excel thee.
41:41 And Pharao said to Joseph, Behold, I set thee this day over all the
land of Egypt.
41:42 And Pharao took his ring off his hand, and put it on the hand of
Joseph, and put on him a robe of fine linen, and put a necklace of gold
about his neck.
41:43 And he mounted him on the second of his chariots, and a herald made
proclamation before him; and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
41:44 And Pharao said to Joseph, I am Pharao; without thee no one shall lift
up his hand on all the land of Egypt.
41:45 And Pharao called the name of Joseph, Psonthomphanech; and he gave him
Aseneth, the daughter of Petephre, priest of Heliopolis, to wife.
41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharao, king of
Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharao, and went through all
the land of Egypt.
41:47 And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, [whole] handfuls
[of corn].
41:48 And he gathered all the food of the seven years, in which was the
plenty in the land of Egypt; and he laid up the food in the cities; the food
of the fields of a city round about it he laid up in it.
41:49 And Joseph gathered very much corn as the sand of the sea, until it
could not be numbered, for there was no number [of it].
41:50 And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine
came, which Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, bore
to him.
41:51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born, Manasse; for God, [said
he], has made me forget all my toils, and all my father's house.
41:52 And he called the name of the second, Ephraim; for God, [said he], has
increased me in the land of my humiliation.
41:53 And the seven years of plenty passed away, which were in the land of
Egypt.
41:54 And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph said; and there
was a famine in all the land; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
41:55 And all the land of Egypt was hungry; and the people cried to Pharao
for bread. And Pharao said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph, and do
whatsoever he shall tell you.
41:56 And the famine was on the face of all the earth; and Joseph opened all
the granaries, and sold to all the Egyptians.
41:57 And all countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine
prevailed in all the earth. |
41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two
full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored kine and
fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
41:3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill
favored and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the
river.
41:4 And the ill favored and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well
favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of
corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up
after them.
41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And
Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
41:8 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 the wise men
thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could
interpret them unto Pharaoh.
41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my
faults this day:
41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain
of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
41:11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man
according to the interpretation of his dream.
41:12 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 did interpret.
41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he
restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
41:14 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 in
unto Pharaoh.
41:15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is
none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst
understand a dream to interpret it.
41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give
Pharaoh an answer of peace.
41:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the
bank of the river:
41:18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and
well favored; and they fed in a meadow:
41:19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill
favored and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for
badness:
41:20 And the lean and the ill favored kine did eat up the first seven fat
kine:
41:21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had
eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I
awoke.
41:22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk,
full and good:
41:23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east
wind, sprung up after them:
41:24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto
the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
41:25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath
showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
41:26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven
years: the dream is one.
41:27 And the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up after them are
seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be
seven years of famine.
41:28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about
to do he showeth unto Pharaoh.
41:29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land
of Egypt:
41:30 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;
41:31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine
following; for it shall be very grievous.
41:32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because
the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
41:33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set
him over the land of Egypt.
41:34 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.
41:35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and
lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
41:36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years
of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not
through the famine.
41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all
his servants.
41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is,
a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
41:39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all
this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my
people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land
of Egypt.
41:42 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;
41:43 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.
41:44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no
man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to
wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out
over all the land of Egypt.
41:46 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.
41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
41:48 And he gathered up 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 round about every city, laid he up in the same.
41:49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he
left numbering; for it was without number.
41:50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came,
which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
41:51 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.
41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me
to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
41:53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt,
were ended.
41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had
said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there
was bread.
41:55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to
Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph;
what he saith to you, do.
41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened
all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore
in the land of Egypt.
41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because
that the famine was so sore in all lands. |