GE-41:1  And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that

Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

GE-41:2  And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well

favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

GE-41:3  And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of

the

river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the [other]

kine

upon the brink of the river.

GE-41:4  And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the

seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

GE-41:5  And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold,

seven

ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

GE-41:6  And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east

wind

sprung up after them.

GE-41:7  And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full

ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, [it was] a dream.

GE-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.

GE-41:9  Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do

remember my faults this day:

GE-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:

GE-41:11  And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we

dreamed

each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-41:16  And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me:

 God

shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

GE-41:17  And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I

stood

upon the bank of the river:

GE-41:18  And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine,

fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

GE-41:19  And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor

and

very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all

the land

of Egypt for badness:

GE-41:20  And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the

first

seven fat kine:

GE-41:21  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.

GE-41:22  And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up

in

one stalk, full and good:

GE-41:23  And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, [and] blasted

with

the east wind, sprung up after them:

GE-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.

GE-41:25  And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh

[is] one:

God hath showed Pharaoh what he [is] about to do.

GE-41:26  The seven good kine [are] seven years; and the seven

good

ears [are] seven years: the dream [is] one.

GE-41:27  And the seven thin and ill favoured 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.

GE-41:28  This [is] the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh:

What

God [is] about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh.

GE-41:29  Behold, there come seven years of great plenty

throughout

all the land of Egypt:

GE-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;

GE-41:31  And the plenty shall not be known in the land by

reason of

that famine following; for it [shall be] very grievous.

GE-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.

GE-41:33  Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and

wise,

and set him over the land of Egypt.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-41:37  And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in

the

eyes of all his servants.

GE-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]?

GE-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]:

GE-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.

GE-41:41  And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee

over all

the land of Egypt.

GE-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;

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-41:47  And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought

forth by

handfuls.

GE-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.

GE-41:49  And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very

much,

until he left numbering; for [it was] without number.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-41:53  And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the

land

of Egypt, were ended.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-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.

GE-41:57  And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy

[corn]; because that the famine was [so] sore in all lands.



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