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Chapter 41
- 41:1
- And it
came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and,
behold, he stood by the river.
- 41:2
- And,
behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and
fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
- 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.
- 41:4
- And the
ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured
and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
- 41:5
- And he
slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn
came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
- 41:6
- And,
behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after
them.
- 41:7
- And the
seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh
awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
- 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.
- 41:9
- Then
spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults
this day:
- 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:
- 41:11
- And we
dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according
to the interpretation of his dream.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 41:16
- And
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give
Pharaoh an answer of peace.
- 41:17
- And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank
of the river:
- 41:18
- And,
behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well
favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
- 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:
- 41:20
- And the
lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
- 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.
- 41:22
- And I saw
in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and
good:
- 41:23
- And,
behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind,
sprung up after them:
- 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.
- 41:25
- And
Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed
Pharaoh what he is about to do.
- 41:26
- The seven
good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years:
the dream is one.
- 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.
- 41:28
- This is
the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he
sheweth unto Pharaoh.
- 41:29
- Behold,
there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of
Egypt:
- 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;
- 41:31
- And the
plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine
following; for it shall be very grievous.
- 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.
- 41:33
- Now
therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him
over the land of Egypt.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 41:37
- And the
thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his
servants.
- 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?
- 41:39
- And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this,
there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
- 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.
- 41:41
- And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of
Egypt.
- 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;
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 41:47
- And in
the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
- 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.
- 41:49
- And
Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left
numbering; for it was without number.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 41:53
- And the
seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were
ended.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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