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Genesis 41
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41After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,H7093H3117H8141H6547H2492H5975H2975 2and there came up out of the Nile seven sleek and fat cows, and they grazed in the reed grass.H5927H2975H7651H3303H4758H6510H1277H1320H7462H260 3Then seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.H7651H312H6510H5927H310H2975H7451H4758H1851H1320H5975H681H6510H8193H2975 4The ugly and thin cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. And Pharaoh awoke.H7451H4758H1851H1320H6510H398H7651H3303H4758H1277H6510H6547H3364 5Then he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; seven ears of grain, plump and good, were growing on one stalk.H3462H2492H8145H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H1277H2896 6Then seven ears, thin and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them.H7651H1851H7641H7710H6921H6779H310 7The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and it was a dream.H1851H7641H1104H7651H1277H4392H7641H6547H3364H2472 8In the morning his spirit was troubled; so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.H1242H7307H6470H7971H7121H2748H4714H2450H6547H5608H2472H6622H6547 9Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "I remember my faults today.H1696H8269H8248H6547H559H2142H2399H3117 10Once Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard.H6547H7107H5650H5414H4929H8269H2876H1004H8269H644 11We dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own meaning.H2492H2472H259H3915H2492H376H6623H2472 12A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. When we told him, he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each according to his dream.H5288H5680H5650H8269H2876H5608H6622H2472H376H2472H6622 13As he interpreted to us, so it turned out; I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged."H6622H7725H3653H8518 14Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was hurriedly brought out of the dungeon. When he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.H6547H7971H7121H3130H7323H953H1548H2498H8071H935H6547 15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."H6547H559H3130H2492H2472H6622H8085H559H8085H2472H6622 16Joseph answered Pharaoh, "It is not I; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."H3130H6030H6547H559H1107H430H6030H6547H6030H7965 17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile;H6547H1696H3130H2472H5975H8193H2975 18and seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass.H5927H2975H7651H6510H1277H1320H3303H8389H7462H260 19Then seven other cows came up after them, poor, very ugly, and thin. Never had I seen such ugly ones in all the land of Egypt.H7651H312H6510H5927H310H1803H3966H7451H8389H7534H1320H2007H3808H7200H776H4714H7455 20The thin and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows,H7534H7451H6510H398H7223H7651H1277H6510 21but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had done so, for they were still as ugly as before. Then I awoke.H935H7130H3045H935H7130H4758H7451H8462H3364 22I fell asleep a second time and I saw in my dream seven ears of grain, full and good, growing on one stalk,H7200H2472H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H4392H2896 23and seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouting after them;H7651H7641H6798H1851H7710H6921H6779H310 24and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. But when I told it to the magicians, there was no one who could explain it to me."H1851H7641H1104H7651H2896H7641H559H2748H5046 25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one and the same; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.H3130H559H6547H2472H6547H259H430H5046H6547H6213 26The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.H7651H2896H6510H7651H8141H7651H2896H7641H7651H8141H2472H259 27The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, as are the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind. They are seven years of famine.H7651H7534H7451H6510H5927H310H7651H8141H7651H7386H7641H7710H6921H7651H8141H7458 28It is as I told Pharaoh; God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do.H1697H1696H6547H430H6213H7200H6547 29There will come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.H935H7651H8141H1419H7647H776H4714 30After them there will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; the famine will consume the land.H6965H310H7651H8141H7458H7647H7911H776H4714H7458H3615H776 31The plenty will no longer be known in the land because of the famine that will follow, for it will be very grievous.H7647H3045H776H6440H7458H310H3651H3966H3515 32And the doubling of Pharaoh's dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it about.H2472H8138H6547H6471H1697H3559H5973H430H430H4116H6213 33Now therefore let Pharaoh select a man who is discerning and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.H6547H7200H376H995H2450H7896H776H4714 34Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land, and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years.H6547H6213H6485H6496H776H2567H776H4714H7651H7647H8141 35Let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and lay up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.H6908H400H2896H8141H935H6651H1250H3027H6547H8104H400H5892 36That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to befall the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine."H400H6487H776H7651H8141H7458H776H4714H776H3772H7458 37The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.H1697H3190H5869H6547H5869H5650 38Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find anyone else like this—one in whom is the spirit of God?"H6547H559H5650H4672H2088H376H834H7307H430 39So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has shown you all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.H6547H559H3130H310H430H3045H995H2450 40You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command; only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you."H1961H1004H6310H5971H5401H3678H1431 41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."H6547H559H3130H7200H5414H776H4714 42Removing his signet ring from his hand, Pharaoh put it on Joseph's hand; he arrayed him in garments of fine linen, and put a gold chain around his neck.H6547H5493H2885H3027H5414H3130H3027H3847H899H8336H7760H2091H7242H6677 43He had him ride in the chariot of his second-in-command; and they cried out in front of him, "Bow the knee!" Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt.H7392H4932H4818H7121H6440H86H5414H776H4714 44Moreover Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no one shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."H6547H559H3130H6547H1107H376H7311H3027H7272H776H4714 45Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as his wife. Thus Joseph gained authority over the land of Egypt.H6547H7121H3130H8034H6847H5414H802H621H1323H6319H3548H204H3130H3318H776H4714 46Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went through all the land of Egypt.H3130H7970H8141H1121H5975H6440H6547H4428H4714H3130H3318H6440H6547H5674H776H4714 47During the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.H7651H7647H8141H776H6213H7062 48He gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the land of Egypt, and stored up food in the cities; he stored up in every city the food from the fields around it.H6908H400H7651H8141H776H4714H5414H400H5892H400H7704H5439H5892H5414H8432 49So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance—like the sand of the sea—that he stopped measuring it; it was beyond measure.H3130H6651H1250H2344H3220H3966H7235H2308H5608H369H4557 50Before the years of famine came, Joseph had two sons, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.H3130H3205H8147H1121H8141H7458H935H621H1323H6319H3548H204H3205 51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house."H3130H7121H8034H1060H4519H430H5382H5999H1H1004 52The second he named Ephraim, "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my misfortunes."H8034H8145H7121H669H430H6509H776H6040 53The seven years of plenty that prevailed in the land of Egypt came to an end;H7651H8141H7647H776H4714H3615 54and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every country, but throughout the land of Egypt there was bread.H7651H8141H7458H2490H935H3130H559H7458H776H776H4714H3899 55When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do."H776H4714H7456H5971H6817H6547H3899H6547H559H4714H3212H3130H559H6213 56And since the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.H7458H6440H776H3130H6605H7666H4714H7458H2388H776H4714 57Moreover, all the world came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine became severe throughout the world.H776H935H4714H3130H7666H7458H2388H776


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