Genesis 41
41When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile,H7093H3117H8141H6547H2492H5975H29752when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds.H5927H2975H7651H3303H4758H6510H1277H1320H7462H2603After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the riverbank.H7651H312H6510H5927H310H2975H7451H4758H1851H1320H5975H681H6510H8193H29754And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.H7451H4758H1851H1320H6510H398H7651H3303H4758H1277H6510H6547H33645He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.H3462H2492H8145H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H1277H28966After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted--thin and scorched by the east wind.H7651H1851H7641H7710H6921H6779H3107The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.H1851H7641H1104H7651H1277H4392H7641H6547H3364H24728In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.H1242H7307H6470H7971H7121H2748H4714H2450H6547H5608H2472H6622H65479Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "Today I am reminded of my shortcomings.H1696H8269H8248H6547H559H2142H2399H311710Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard.H6547H7107H5650H5414H4929H8269H2876H1004H8269H64411Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.H2492H2472H259H3915H2492H376H6623H247212Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream.H5288H5680H5650H8269H2876H5608H6622H2472H376H2472H662213And things turned out exactly as he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged."H6622H7725H3653H851814So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.H6547H7971H7121H3130H7323H953H1548H2498H8071H935H654715Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."H6547H559H3130H2492H2472H6622H8085H559H8085H2472H662216"I cannot do it," Joseph replied to Pharaoh, "but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires."H3130H6030H6547H559H1107H430H6030H6547H6030H796517Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,H6547H1696H3130H2472H5975H8193H297518when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds.H5927H2975H7651H6510H1277H1320H3303H8389H7462H26019After them, seven other cows came up--scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt.H7651H312H6510H5927H310H1803H3966H7451H8389H7534H1320H2007H3808H7200H776H4714H745520The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first.H7534H7451H6510H398H7223H7651H1277H651021But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.H935H7130H3045H935H7130H4758H7451H8462H336422"In my dreams I also saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk.H7200H2472H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H4392H289623After them, seven other heads sprouted--withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.H7651H7641H6798H1851H7710H6921H6779H31024The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none could explain it to me."H1851H7641H1104H7651H2896H7641H559H2748H504625Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.H3130H559H6547H2472H6547H259H430H5046H6547H621326The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream.H7651H2896H6510H7651H8141H7651H2896H7641H7651H8141H2472H25927The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.H7651H7534H7451H6510H5927H310H7651H8141H7651H7386H7641H7710H6921H7651H8141H745828"It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.H1697H1696H6547H430H6213H7200H654729Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,H935H7651H8141H1419H7647H776H471430but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.H6965H310H7651H8141H7458H7647H7911H776H4714H7458H3615H77631The abundance in the land will not be remembered, because the famine that follows it will be so severe.H7647H3045H776H6440H7458H310H3651H3966H351532The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon.H2472H8138H6547H6471H1697H3559H5973H430H430H4116H621333"And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.H6547H7200H376H995H2450H7896H776H471434Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.H6547H6213H6485H6496H776H2567H776H4714H7651H7647H814135They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, to be kept in the cities for food.H6908H400H2896H8141H935H6651H1250H3027H6547H8104H400H589236This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the country may not be ruined by the famine."H400H6487H776H7651H8141H7458H776H4714H776H3772H745837The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials.H1697H3190H5869H6547H5869H565038So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?"H6547H559H5650H4672H2088H376H834H7307H43039Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.H6547H559H3130H310H430H3045H995H245040You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you."H1961H1004H6310H5971H5401H3678H143141So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt."H6547H559H3130H7200H5414H776H471442Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.H6547H5493H2885H3027H5414H3130H3027H3847H899H8336H7760H2091H7242H667743He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command, and men shouted before him, "Make way!" Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.H7392H4932H4818H7121H6440H86H5414H776H471444Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt."H6547H559H3130H6547H1107H376H7311H3027H7272H776H471445Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.H6547H7121H3130H8034H6847H5414H802H621H1323H6319H3548H204H3130H3318H776H471446Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh's presence and traveled throughout Egypt.H3130H7970H8141H1121H5975H6440H6547H4428H4714H3130H3318H6440H6547H5674H776H471447During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully.H7651H7647H8141H776H6213H706248Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it.H6908H400H7651H8141H776H4714H5414H400H5892H400H7704H5439H5892H5414H843249Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.H3130H6651H1250H2344H3220H3966H7235H2308H5608H369H455750Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.H3130H3205H8147H1121H8141H7458H935H621H1323H6319H3548H204H320551Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, "It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."H3130H7121H8034H1060H4519H430H5382H5999H1H100452The second son he named Ephraim and said, "It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."H8034H8145H7121H669H430H6509H776H604053The seven years of abundance in Egypt came to an end,H7651H8141H7647H776H4714H361554and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other lands, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.H7651H8141H7458H2490H935H3130H559H7458H776H776H4714H389955When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph and do what he tells you."H776H4714H7456H5971H6817H6547H3899H6547H559H4714H3212H3130H559H621356When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt.H7458H6440H776H3130H6605H7666H4714H7458H2388H776H471457And all the countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the world.H776H935H4714H3130H7666H7458H2388H776
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