[1] After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the
Nile, [2] and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows sleek and
fat, and they fed in the reed grass. [3] And behold, seven other cows,
gaunt and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other
cows on the bank of the Nile. [4] And the gaunt and thin cows ate up the
seven sleek and fat cows. And Pharaoh awoke. [5] And he fell asleep and
dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain, plump and good,
were growing on one stalk. [6] And behold, after them sprouted seven ears,
thin and blighted by the east wind. [7] And the thin ears swallowed up the
seven plump and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
[8] So in the morning 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 who could interpret it to Pharaoh. [9] Then the
chief butler said to Pharaoh, "I remember my faults today. [10] When
Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me and the chief baker in
custody in the house of the captain of the guard, [11] we dreamed on the
same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own meaning. [12] A
young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard; and
when we told him, he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation
to each man according to his dream. [13] And as he interpreted to us, so it
came to pass; I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged." [14]
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of
the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he
came in before Pharaoh. [15] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a
dream, and there is no one who can interpret it; and I have heard it said
of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it." [16] Joseph
answered Pharaoh, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable
answer." [17] Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, in my dream I was
standing on the banks of the Nile; [18] and seven cows, fat and sleek, came
up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass; [19] and seven other cows
came up after them, poor and very gaunt and thin, such as I had never seen
in all the land of Egypt. [20] And the thin and gaunt cows ate up the first
seven fat cows, [21] but when they had eaten them no one would have known
that they had eaten them, for they were still as gaunt as at the beginning.
Then I awoke. [22] I also saw in my dream seven ears growing on one stalk,
full and good; [23] and seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the
east wind, sprouted after them, [24] and the thin ears swallowed up the
seven good ears. And I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who
could explain it to me." [25] Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of
Pharaoh is one; God has revealed 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 dream is one. [27] The seven lean and gaunt cows that came up
after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east
wind are also seven years of famine. [28] It is as I told Pharaoh, God has
shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do. [29] There will come seven years
of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt, [30] but after them there
will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in
the land of Egypt; the famine will consume the land, [31] and the plenty
will be unknown in the land by reason of that famine which will follow, for
it will be very grievous. [32] And the doubling of Pharaoh's dream means
that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. [33]
Now therefore let Pharaoh select a man discreet and wise, and set him over
the land of Egypt. [34] Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the
land, and take the fifth part of the produce of the land of Egypt during
the seven plenteous years. [35] And let them gather all the food of these
good years that are coming, and lay up grain under the authority of Pharaoh
for food in the cities, and let them keep it. [36] That food shall be a
reserve for the land against the seven years of famine which are to befall
the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine."
[37] This proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants. [38] And
Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a man as this, in whom is
the Spirit of God?" [39] So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has shown
you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you are; [40] you shall
be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command;
only as regards the throne will I be greater than you." [41] And Pharaoh
said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt." [42]
Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's
hand, and arrayed him in garments of fine linen, and put a gold chain about
his neck; [43] and he made him to ride in his second chariot; and they
cried before him, "Bow the knee!" Thus he set him over all the land of
Egypt. [44] Moreover Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without
your consent no man shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."
[45] And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaph'enath-pane'ah; and he gave him
in marriage As'enath, the daughter of Poti'phera priest of On. So Joseph
went out over the land of Egypt. [46] Joseph was thirty years old when he
entered the service of 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 plenteous years the earth brought forth abundantly, [48] and he
gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the
land of Egypt, and stored up food in the cities; he stored up in every city
the food from the fields around it. [49] And Joseph stored up grain in
great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it,
for it could not be measured. [50] Before the year of famine came, Joseph
had two sons, whom As'enath, the daughter of Poti'phera priest of On, bore
to him. [51] Joseph called the name of the first-born Manas'seh, "For," he
said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house."
[52] The name of the second he called E'phraim, "For God has made me
fruitful in the land of my affliction." [53] The seven years of plenty that
prevailed in the land of Egypt came to an end; [54] and the seven years of
famine began to come, as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands;
but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. [55] 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 says to you, do." [56] So when
the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses,
and sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
[57] Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because
the famine was severe over all the earth.

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