Genesis 41
41Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream, and behold, he was standing by the Nile.H7093H3117H8141H6547H2492H5975H29752And lo, from the Nile there came up seven cows, sleek and fat; and they grazed in the marsh grass.H5927H2975H7651H3303H4758H6510H1277H1320H7462H2603Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and gaunt, and they stood by the [other] cows on the bank of the Nile.H7651H312H6510H5927H310H2975H7451H4758H1851H1320H5975H681H6510H8193H29754And the ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.H7451H4758H1851H1320H6510H398H7651H3303H4758H1277H6510H6547H33645And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.H3462H2492H8145H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H1277H28966Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.H7651H1851H7641H7710H6921H6779H3107And the thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, [it was] a dream.H1851H7641H1104H7651H1277H4392H7641H6547H3364H24728Now it came about in the morning that his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.H1242H7307H6470H7971H7121H2748H4714H2450H6547H5608H2472H6622H65479Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I would make mention today of my [own] offenses.H1696H8269H8248H6547H559H2142H2399H311710"Pharaoh was furious with his servants, and he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, [both] me and the chief baker.H6547H7107H5650H5414H4929H8269H2876H1004H8269H64411"And we had a dream on the same night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his [own] dream.H2492H2472H259H3915H2492H376H6623H247212"Now a Hebrew youth [was] with us there, a servant of the captain of the bodyguard, and we related [them] to him, and he interpreted our dreams for us. To each one he interpreted according to his [own] dream.H5288H5680H5650H8269H2876H5608H6622H2472H376H2472H662213"And it came about that just as he interpreted for us, so it happened; he restored me in my office, but he hanged him."H6622H7725H3653H851814Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh.H6547H7971H7121H3130H7323H953H1548H2498H8071H935H654715And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."H6547H559H3130H2492H2472H6622H8085H559H8085H2472H662216Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."H3130H6030H6547H559H1107H430H6030H6547H6030H796517So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile;H6547H1696H3130H2472H5975H8193H297518and behold, seven cows, fat and sleek came up out of the Nile; and they grazed in the marsh grass.H5927H2975H7651H6510H1277H1320H3303H8389H7462H26019"And lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land of Egypt;H7651H312H6510H5927H310H1803H3966H7451H8389H7534H1320H2007H3808H7200H776H4714H745520and the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.H7534H7451H6510H398H7223H7651H1277H651021"Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had devoured them; for they were just as ugly as before. Then I awoke.H935H7130H3045H935H7130H4758H7451H8462H336422"I saw also in my dream, and behold, seven ears, full and good, came up on a single stalk;H7200H2472H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H4392H289623and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, [and] scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them;H7651H7641H6798H1851H7710H6921H6779H31024and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. Then I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me. "H1851H7641H1104H7651H2896H7641H559H2748H504625Now Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one [and the same;] God has told to Pharaoh what He is about to do.H3130H559H6547H2472H6547H259H430H5046H6547H621326"The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one [and the same.]H7651H2896H6510H7651H8141H7651H2896H7641H7651H8141H2472H25927"And the seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind shall be seven years of famine.H7651H7534H7451H6510H5927H310H7651H8141H7651H7386H7641H7710H6921H7651H8141H745828"It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown to Pharaoh what He is about to do.H1697H1696H6547H430H6213H7200H654729"Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt;H935H7651H8141H1419H7647H776H471430and after them seven years of famine will come, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine will ravage the land.H6965H310H7651H8141H7458H7647H7911H776H4714H7458H3615H77631"So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it [will be] very severe.H7647H3045H776H6440H7458H310H3651H3966H351532"Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, [it means] that the matter is determined by God, and God will quickly bring it about.H2472H8138H6547H6471H1697H3559H5973H430H430H4116H621333"And now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.H6547H7200H376H995H2450H7896H776H471434"Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers in charge of the land, and let him exact a fifth [of the produce] of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.H6547H6213H6485H6496H776H2567H776H4714H7651H7647H814135"Then let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and store up the grain for food in the cities under Pharaoh's authority, and let them guard [it.]H6908H400H2896H8141H935H6651H1250H3027H6547H8104H400H589236"And let the food become as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish during the famine."H400H6487H776H7651H8141H7458H776H4714H776H3772H745837Now the proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.H1697H3190H5869H6547H5869H565038Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this, in whom is a divine spirit?"H6547H559H5650H4672H2088H376H834H7307H43039So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you are.H6547H559H3130H310H430H3045H995H245040"You shall be over my house, and according to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you."H1961H1004H6310H5971H5401H3678H143141And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See I have set you over all the land of Egypt."H6547H559H3130H7200H5414H776H471442Then Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen, and put the gold necklace around his neck.H6547H5493H2885H3027H5414H3130H3027H3847H899H8336H7760H2091H7242H667743And he had him ride in his second chariot; and they proclaimed before him, "Bow the knee!" And he set him over all the land of Egypt.H7392H4932H4818H7121H6440H86H5414H776H471444Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, "[Though] I am Pharaoh, yet without your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."H6547H559H3130H6547H1107H376H7311H3027H7272H776H471445Then Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as his wife. And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.H6547H7121H3130H8034H6847H5414H802H621H1323H6319H3548H204H3130H3318H776H471446Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went through all the land of Egypt.H3130H7970H8141H1121H5975H6440H6547H4428H4714H3130H3318H6440H6547H5674H776H471447And during the seven years of plenty the land brought forth abundantly.H7651H7647H8141H776H6213H706248So he gathered all the food of [these] seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt, and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields.H6908H400H7651H8141H776H4714H5414H400H5892H400H7704H5439H5892H5414H843249Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring [it,] for it was beyond measure.H3130H6651H1250H2344H3220H3966H7235H2308H5608H369H455750Now before the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.H3130H3205H8147H1121H8141H7458H935H621H1323H6319H3548H204H320551And Joseph named the first-born Manasseh, "For," [he said,] "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."H3130H7121H8034H1060H4519H430H5382H5999H1H100452And he named the second Ephraim, "For," [he said,] "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."H8034H8145H7121H669H430H6509H776H604053When the seven years of plenty which had been in the land of Egypt came to an end,H7651H8141H7647H776H4714H361554and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said, then there was famine in all the lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.H7651H8141H7458H2490H935H3130H559H7458H776H776H4714H389955So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do."H776H4714H7456H5971H6817H6547H3899H6547H559H4714H3212H3130H559H621356When the famine was [spread] over all the face of the earth, then Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.H7458H6440H776H3130H6605H7666H4714H7458H2388H776H471457And [the people of] all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth.H776H935H4714H3130H7666H7458H2388H776
Genesis 42
42Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why are you staring at one another?"H3290H7200H3426H7668H4714H3290H559H1121H72002And he said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy [some] for us from that place, so that we may live and not die."H559H8085H3426H7668H4714H3381H7666H2421H41913Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.H3130H6235H251H3381H7666H1250H47144But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "I am afraid that harm may befall him."H1144H3130H251H3290H7971H251H559H6435H611H71225So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan [also.]H1121H3478H935H7666H8432H935H7458H776H36676Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with [their] faces to the ground.H3130H7989H776H7666H5971H776H3130H251H935H7812H639H7767When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, "Where have you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food."H3130H7200H251H5234H5234H1696H7186H559H370H935H559H776H3667H7666H4008But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him.H3130H5234H251H52349And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them, and said to them, "You are spies; you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land."H3130H2142H2472H2492H559H7270H7200H6172H776H93510Then they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.H559H113H7666H400H5650H93511"We are all sons of one man; we are honest men, your servants are not spies."H5168H259H376H1121H3651H5650H727012Yet he said to them, "No, but you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land!"H559H7200H6172H776H93513But they said, "Your servants are twelve brothers [in all,] the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more."H559H5650H8147H6240H251H1121H259H376H776H3667H6996H3117H1H25914And Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you, you are spies;H3130H559H1696H559H727015by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here!H2063H974H2416H6547H3318H6996H251H93516"Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies."H7971H259H3947H251H631H1697H974H571H854H3808H2416H6547H727017So he put them all together in prison for three days.H622H4929H7969H311718Now Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do this and live, for I fear God:H3130H559H7992H3117H6213H2421H3373H43019if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for [the rest of] you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households,H3651H259H251H631H1004H4929H3212H935H7668H7459H100420and bring your youngest brother to me, so your words may be verified, and you will not die. "And they did so.H935H6996H251H1697H539H4191H621321Then they said to one another, "Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us."H559H376H251H61H818H251H834H7200H6869H5315H2603H8085H6869H93522And Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell you, 'Do not sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Now comes the reckoning for his blood."H7205H6030H559H559H559H2398H3206H8085H1818H187523They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.H3045H3130H8085H388724And he turned away from them and wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.H5437H1058H7725H1696H3947H8095H631H586925Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain and to restore every man's money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. And thus it was done for them.H3130H6680H4390H3627H1250H7725H376H3701H8242H5414H6720H1870H3651H621326So they loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.H5375H2543H7668H321227And as one [of them] opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.H259H6605H8242H5414H2543H4554H4411H7200H3701H572H631028Then he said to his brothers, "My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack." And their hearts sank, and they [turned] trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"H559H251H3701H7725H2009H572H3820H3318H2729H559H376H251H430H621329When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,H935H3290H1H776H3667H5046H7136H55930"The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.H376H113H776H1696H7186H5414H7270H77631"But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.H559H3651H727032'We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.'H6240H8147H251H1121H1H259H6996H3117H1H776H366733"And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me and take [grain for] the famine of your households, and go.H376H113H776H559H3045H3651H3240H259H251H3947H7459H1004H321234'But bring your youngest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies, but honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.' "H935H6996H251H3045H7270H3651H5414H251H5503H77635Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money [was] in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.H7324H8242H376H6872H3701H8242H1H7200H6872H3701H337236And their father Jacob said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me."H3290H1H559H7921H3130H8095H3947H114437Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him [back] to you; put him in my care, and I will return him to you."H7205H559H1H559H4191H8147H1121H935H5414H3027H772538But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow."H559H1121H3381H251H4191H7604H611H7122H1870H3212H3381H7872H3015H7585
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