| 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. |
| 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. |
| 4 | And the
ill favored and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat
kine. So Pharaoh awoke. |
| 5 |
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came
up upon one stalk, rank and good. |
|
6 | 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. |
|
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. |
| 9
| Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my
faults this day: |
| 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: |
| 11 | 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. |
| 13 | And it
came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine
office, and him he hanged. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 16 | And
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an
answer of peace. |
| 17 | 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: |
| 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: |
| 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. |
| 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: |
| 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. |
| 25 | And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is
one: God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do. |
| 26 | The seven good kine are seven years;
and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. |
| 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: |
|
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; |
| 31
| 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. |
| 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. |
|
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. |
| 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? |
| 39 | And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise
as thou art: |
| 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 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 57 | And all countries came
into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in
all lands. |
