Genesis 41:10 - Prayer Tents

41Two years passed and Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile River.H7093H3117H8141H6547H2492H5975H2975 2Seven cows came up out of the Nile, all shimmering with health, and grazed on the marsh grass.H5927H2975H7651H3303H4758H6510H1277H1320H7462H260 3Then seven other cows, all skin and bones, came up out of the river after them and stood by them on the bank of the Nile.H7651H312H6510H5927H310H2975H7451H4758H1851H1320H5975H681H6510H8193H2975 4The skinny cows ate the seven healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.H7451H4758H1851H1320H6510H398H7651H3303H4758H1277H6510H6547H3364 5He went back to sleep and dreamed a second time: Seven ears of grain, full-bodied and lush, grew out of a single stalk.H3462H2492H8145H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H1277H2896 6Then seven more ears grew up, but these were thin and dried out by the east wind.H7651H1851H7641H7710H6921H6779H310 7The thin ears swallowed up the full, healthy ears. Then Pharaoh woke up—another dream.H1851H7641H1104H7651H1277H4392H7641H6547H3364H2472 8When morning came, he was upset. He sent for all the magicians and sages of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but they couldn't interpret them to him.H1242H7307H6470H7971H7121H2748H4714H2450H6547H5608H2472H6622H6547 9The head cupbearer then spoke up and said to Pharaoh, "I just now remembered something—I'm sorry, I should have told you this long ago.H1696H8269H8248H6547H559H2142H2399H3117 10Once when Pharaoh got angry with his servants, he locked me and the head baker in the house of the captain of the guard.H6547H7107H5650H5414H4929H8269H2876H1004H8269H644 11We both had dreams on the same night, each dream with its own meaning.H2492H2472H259H3915H2492H376H6623H2472 12It so happened that there was a young Hebrew slave there with us; he belonged to the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us, each dream separately.H5288H5680H5650H8269H2876H5608H6622H2472H376H2472H6622 13Things turned out just as he interpreted. I was returned to my position and the head baker was impaled."H6622H7725H3653H8518 14Pharaoh at once sent for Joseph. They brought him on the run from the jail cell. He cut his hair, put on clean clothes, and came to Pharaoh.H6547H7971H7121H3130H7323H953H1548H2498H8071H935H6547 15"I dreamed a dream," Pharaoh told Joseph. "Nobody can interpret it. But I've heard that just by hearing a dream you can interpret it."H6547H559H3130H2492H2472H6622H8085H559H8085H2472H6622 16Joseph answered, "Not I, but God. God will set Pharaoh's mind at ease."H3130H6030H6547H559H1107H430H6030H6547H6030H7965 17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile.H6547H1696H3130H2472H5975H8193H2975 18Seven cows, shimmering with health, came up out of the river and grazed on the marsh grass.H5927H2975H7651H6510H1277H1320H3303H8389H7462H260 19On their heels seven more cows, all skin and bones, came up. I've never seen uglier cows anywhere in Egypt.H7651H312H6510H5927H310H1803H3966H7451H8389H7534H1320H2007H3808H7200H776H4714H7455 20Then the seven skinny, ugly cows ate up the first seven healthy cows.H7534H7451H6510H398H7223H7651H1277H6510 21But you couldn't tell by looking—after eating them up they were just as skinny and ugly as before. Then I woke up.H935H7130H3045H935H7130H4758H7451H8462H3364 22"In my second dream I saw seven ears of grain, full-bodied and lush, growing out of a single stalk,H7200H2472H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H4392H2896 23and right behind them, seven other ears, shriveled, thin, and dried out by the east wind.H7651H7641H6798H1851H7710H6921H6779H310 24And the thin ears swallowed up the full ears. I've told all this to the magicians but they can't figure it out."H1851H7641H1104H7651H2896H7641H559H2748H5046 25Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's two dreams both mean the same thing. God is telling Pharaoh what he is going to do.H3130H559H6547H2472H6547H259H430H5046H6547H6213 26The seven healthy cows are seven years and the seven healthy ears of grain are seven years—they're the same dream.H7651H2896H6510H7651H8141H7651H2896H7641H7651H8141H2472H259 27The seven sick and ugly cows that followed them up are seven years and the seven scrawny ears of grain dried out by the east wind are the same—seven years of famine.H7651H7534H7451H6510H5927H310H7651H8141H7651H7386H7641H7710H6921H7651H8141H7458 28"The meaning is what I said earlier: God is letting Pharaoh in on what he is going to do.H1697H1696H6547H430H6213H7200H6547 29Seven years of plenty are on their way throughout Egypt.H935H7651H8141H1419H7647H776H4714 30But on their heels will come seven years of famine, leaving no trace of the Egyptian plenty. As the country is emptied by famine,H6965H310H7651H8141H7458H7647H7911H776H4714H7458H3615H776 31there won't be even a scrap left of the previous plenty—the famine will be total.H7647H3045H776H6440H7458H310H3651H3966H3515 32The fact that Pharaoh dreamed the same dream twice emphasizes God's determination to do this and do it soon.H2472H8138H6547H6471H1697H3559H5973H430H430H4116H6213 33"So: Pharaoh needs to look for a wise and experienced man and put him in charge of the country.H6547H7200H376H995H2450H7896H776H4714 34Then Pharaoh needs to appoint managers throughout the country of Egypt to organize it during the years of plenty.H6547H6213H6485H6496H776H2567H776H4714H7651H7647H8141 35Their job will be to collect all the food produced in the good years ahead and stockpile the grain under Pharaoh's authority, storing it in the towns for food.H6908H400H2896H8141H935H6651H1250H3027H6547H8104H400H5892 36This grain will be held back to be used later during the seven years of famine that are coming on Egypt. This way the country won't be devastated by the famine."H400H6487H776H7651H8141H7458H776H4714H776H3772H7458 37This seemed like a good idea to Pharaoh and his officials.H1697H3190H5869H6547H5869H5650 38Then Pharaoh said to his officials, "Isn't this the man we need? Are we going to find anyone else who has God's spirit in him like this?"H6547H559H5650H4672H2088H376H834H7307H430 39So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "You're the man for us. God has given you the inside story—no one is as qualified as you in experience and wisdom.H6547H559H3130H310H430H3045H995H2450 40From now on, you're in charge of my affairs; all my people will report to you. Only as king will I be over you."H1961H1004H6310H5971H5401H3678H1431 41So Pharaoh commissioned Joseph: "I'm putting you in charge of the entire country of Egypt."H6547H559H3130H7200H5414H776H4714 42Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his finger and slipped it on Joseph's hand. He outfitted him in robes of the best linen and put a gold chain around his neck.H6547H5493H2885H3027H5414H3130H3027H3847H899H8336H7760H2091H7242H6677 43He put the second-in-command chariot at his disposal, and as he rode people shouted "Bravo!" Joseph was in charge of the entire country of Egypt.H7392H4932H4818H7121H6440H86H5414H776H4714 44Pharaoh told Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, but no one in Egypt will make a single move without your stamp of approval."H6547H559H3130H6547H1107H376H7311H3027H7272H776H4714 45Then Pharaoh gave Joseph an Egyptian name, Zaphenath-Paneah (God Speaks and He Lives). He also gave him an Egyptian wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On (Heliopolis). And Joseph took up his duties over the land of Egypt.H6547H7121H3130H8034H6847H5414H802H621H1323H6319H3548H204H3130H3318H776H4714 46Joseph was thirty years old when he went to work for Pharaoh the king of Egypt. As soon as Joseph left Pharaoh's presence, he began his work in Egypt.H3130H7970H8141H1121H5975H6440H6547H4428H4714H3130H3318H6440H6547H5674H776H4714 47During the next seven years of plenty the land produced bumper crops.H7651H7647H8141H776H6213H7062 48Joseph gathered up the food of the seven good years in Egypt and stored the food in cities. In each city he stockpiled surplus from the surrounding fields.H6908H400H7651H8141H776H4714H5414H400H5892H400H7704H5439H5892H5414H8432 49Joseph collected so much grain—it was like the sand of the ocean!—that he finally quit keeping track.H3130H6651H1250H2344H3220H3966H7235H2308H5608H369H4557 50Joseph had two sons born to him before the years of famine came. Asenath, daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, was their mother.H3130H3205H8147H1121H8141H7458H935H621H1323H6319H3548H204H3205 51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh (Forget), saying, "God made me forget all my hardships and my parental home."H3130H7121H8034H1060H4519H430H5382H5999H1H1004 52He named his second son Ephraim (Double Prosperity), saying, "God has prospered me in the land of my sorrow."H8034H8145H7121H669H430H6509H776H6040 53Then Egypt's seven good years came to an endH7651H8141H7647H776H4714H3615 54and the seven years of famine arrived, just as Joseph had said. All countries experienced famine; Egypt was the only country that had bread.H7651H8141H7458H2490H935H3130H559H7458H776H776H4714H3899 55When the famine spread throughout Egypt, the people called out in distress to Pharaoh, calling for bread. He told the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. Do what he tells you."H776H4714H7456H5971H6817H6547H3899H6547H559H4714H3212H3130H559H6213 56As the famine got worse all over the country, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold emergency supplies to the Egyptians. The famine was very bad.H7458H6440H776H3130H6605H7666H4714H7458H2388H776H4714 57Soon the whole world was coming to buy supplies from Joseph. The famine was bad all over.H776H935H4714H3130H7666H7458H2388H776