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Pharaoh’s Dreams
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.
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.
Joseph in Charge of
Egypt
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. |
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