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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