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Chapter 41 |
| 1 | And it came to
pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood
by the river. |
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2 | And, behold, there came up out of the river seven
well favored kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. |
| 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.
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| 4 | And the ill favored and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well
favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. |
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5 | And he slept and dreamed the
second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and
good. |
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And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind
sprung up after them. |
| 7 | And the seven thin ears devoured the seven
rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. |
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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. |
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| Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do
remember my faults this day: |
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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: |
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| And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed
each man according to the interpretation of his dream. |
| 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. |
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13 | And it came to pass, as he interpreted
to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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16 | And Joseph answered
Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of
peace. |
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| And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I
stood upon the bank of the river: |
| 18 | And, behold, there came up
out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favored; and they fed in a
meadow: |
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| 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: |
| 20 | And the lean and the ill favored kine did
eat up the first seven fat kine: |
| 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. |
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22 | And I saw in my dream,
and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: |
| 23 | And,
behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up
after them: |
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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. |
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And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God
hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do. |
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26 | The seven good kine are
seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
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| 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. |
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28 | This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh:
What God is about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh. |
| 29 | Behold,
there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
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| 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; |
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| And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason
of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. |
| 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. |
| 33 | Now
therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the
land of Egypt. |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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37 | And the thing was good in
the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. |
| 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? |
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39 | And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise
as thou art: |
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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. |
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all
the land of Egypt. |
| 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; |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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.
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| 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. |
| 47 | And in the seven plenteous years the earth
brought forth by handfuls. |
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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. |
| 49
| And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very
much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 52 | And the name
of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the
land of my affliction. |
| 53 | And the seven years of plenteousness, that
was in the land of Egypt, were ended. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
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57 | And all countries came into Egypt to
Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. |
