Genesis 41:42 - Prayer Tents

41Two years later - to the day - Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River,H7093H3117H8141H6547H2492H5975H2975 2when all of a sudden seven healthy, plump cows emerged from the Nile to graze in the grass that grew in the reeds that lined the bank.H5927H2975H7651H3303H4758H6510H1277H1320H7462H260 3Right after that, seven more cows came up out of the Nile. Ugly and gaunt, they stood next to the other cows on the bank of the Nile River.H7651H312H6510H5927H310H2975H7451H4758H1851H1320H5975H681H6510H8193H2975 4But all of a sudden they ate up the seven healthy, plump cows! Then Pharaoh woke up.3H7451H4758H1851H1320H6510H398H7651H3303H4758H1277H6510H6547H3364 5After he had fallen back to sleep, he had a second dream, in which seven ears of plump, fruit-filled grain grew up on a single stalk.H3462H2492H8145H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H1277H2896 6Suddenly seven thin ears of grain that had been scorched by an east wind sprouted up right after themH7651H1851H7641H7710H6921H6779H310 7and ate up the seven plump, fruit-filled ears. Then Pharaoh woke up a second time, and it had been a very vivid dream!H1851H7641H1104H7651H1277H4392H7641H6547H3364H2472 8The very next morning, he was frustrated about the dream, so he sent word to summon all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them what he had dreamed, but no one could interpret the dreams for Pharaoh.H1242H7307H6470H7971H7121H2748H4714H2450H6547H5608H2472H6622H6547 9Then Pharaoh's senior security advisor spoke up. "Maybe I should make a confession.H1696H8269H8248H6547H559H2142H2399H3117 10When Pharaoh was angry with some of his servants, he incarcerated me in custody of the captain of the bodyguard, along with Pharaoh's senior chef.H6547H7107H5650H5414H4929H8269H2876H1004H8269H644 11We each had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.H2492H2472H259H3915H2492H376H6623H2472 12There was a Hebrew young man incarcerated with us, who was also serving as a servant to the captain of the bodyguard. "We each related our dreams, and then he interpreted them for us. He provided specific meanings for each of our dreams.H5288H5680H5650H8269H2876H5608H6622H2472H376H2472H6622 13And what he interpreted for each of us came true! Pharaoh restored me to my responsibilities, but he executed the other man.H6622H7725H3653H8518 14Pharoah sent word to summon Joseph quickly from the dungeon, so they shaved his beard, changed his clothes, and then sent him straight to Pharaoh.H6547H7971H7121H3130H7323H953H1548H2498H8071H935H6547 15"I've had a dream," Pharaoh told Joseph, "but nobody can interpret it. I've heard that you can interpret dreams."H6547H559H3130H2492H2472H6622H8085H559H8085H2472H6622 16"I cannot do that," Joseph replied, "but God is concerned about Pharaoh's well-being."H3130H6030H6547H559H1107H430H6030H6547H6030H7965 17So Pharaoh told Joseph, "In my dream, I was standing on the bank of the Nile River,H6547H1696H3130H2472H5975H8193H2975 18and all of a sudden seven healthy, plump, beautiful cows emerged from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds that line the bank.H5927H2975H7651H6510H1277H1320H3303H8389H7462H260 19Just then, seven other cows emerged after them. Poor, ugly, and appearing very gaunt in their flesh, I've never seen anything as ugly as those cows throughout the entire land of Egypt!H7651H312H6510H5927H310H1803H3966H7451H8389H7534H1320H2007H3808H7200H776H4714H7455 20But those thin, gaunt cows gobbled up the first seven healthy cows!H7534H7451H6510H398H7223H7651H1277H6510 21"Not only that," Pharaoh continued, "after they had finished devouring the cows, nobody could tell that they had gobbled them up, because they were just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.H935H7130H3045H935H7130H4758H7451H8462H3364 22Later, I also dreamed about seven plump, fruit-filled ears of grain that grew up out of a single stalk.H7200H2472H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H4392H2896 23All of a sudden, seven thin, withered ears of grain, scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.H7651H7641H6798H1851H7710H6921H6779H310 24But the thin ears gobbled up the seven good ears. I told all this to my advisors, but nobody was able to explain it to me."H1851H7641H1104H7651H2896H7641H559H2748H5046 25"Pharaoh's dreams are identical," Joseph replied. "God has told Pharaoh what he is getting ready to do.H3130H559H6547H2472H6547H259H430H5046H6547H6213 26The seven healthy cows represent seven years, as do the seven healthy ears. The dreams are identical.H7651H2896H6510H7651H8141H7651H2896H7641H7651H8141H2472H259 27The seven gaunt cows that arose after the healthy cows are seven years, as are the seven gaunt ears scorched by the east wind. There will be seven years of famine.H7651H7534H7451H6510H5927H310H7651H8141H7651H7386H7641H7710H6921H7651H8141H7458 28So the message that I have for Pharaoh is that God is telling Pharaoh what he is getting ready to do.H1697H1696H6547H430H6213H7200H6547 29Be advised that seven years of phenomenal abundance are coming throughout all the land of Egypt, 01Gn 41:30 but after them seven years of famine are ahead, during which all of the abundance will be forgotten throughout the land of Egypt. The famine will ravage the land so severely thatH935H7651H8141H1419H7647H776H4714 31surplus will be unknown in the land due to the coming famine, because it will be very severe.H7647H3045H776H6440H7458H310H3651H3966H3515 32"Now about the repeating of that dream twice for the benefit of Pharaoh, this event has been scheduled by God, and God will bring it to pass very soon.H2472H8138H6547H6471H1697H3559H5973H430H430H4116H6213 33Therefore let the Pharaoh select a wise, discerning person to place in charge over the land of Egypt.H6547H7200H376H995H2450H7896H776H4714 34Also, let the Pharaoh immediately proceed to appoint supervisors over the land of Egypt, who will collect one fifth of its agricultural production during the coming seven years of abundance.H6547H6213H6485H6496H776H2567H776H4714H7651H7647H8141 35"Let them collect all the food during the coming fruitful years, store up the grain in cities governed by the Pharaoh's authority, and place it under guard.H6908H400H2896H8141H935H6651H1250H3027H6547H8104H400H5892 36Let the food be kept in reserve to feed the land for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout Egypt, so the land won't perish during the famine."35H400H6487H776H7651H8141H7458H776H4714H776H3772H7458 37What Joseph proposed pleased Pharaoh and all of his advisors,H1697H3190H5869H6547H5869H5650 38so Pharaoh asked his servants, "Can we find anyone else like this - someone in whom the Spirit of God lives -H6547H559H5650H4672H2088H376H834H7307H430 39Since God has revealed all of this to you," Pharaoh said to Joseph, "there is no one so wise and discerning as you.H6547H559H3130H310H430H3045H995H2450 40So you are to be appointed in charge over my palace, and all of my people are to do whatever you command them to do. Only the throne will have greater authority than you."39H1961H1004H6310H5971H5401H3678H1431 41"Look!" Pharaoh confirmed to Joseph, "I've put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt!"H6547H559H3130H7200H5414H776H4714 42Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand, placed it on Joseph's hand, had him clothed in fine linen garments, and placed a gold chain around his neck.H6547H5493H2885H3027H5414H3130H3027H3847H899H8336H7760H2091H7242H6677 43Then he provided him with a chariot for his second-in-command, outfitted with a group of people who shouted out in front of him, "Bow your knees!" And that's how Pharaoh set Joseph over the entire land of Egypt.H7392H4932H4818H7121H6440H86H5414H776H4714 44Furthermore, Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I'm still Pharaoh, but without your permission nobody in all of the land of Egypt will so much as lift up their hands or take a step!"H6547H559H3130H6547H1107H376H7311H3027H7272H776H4714 45Pharaoh also changed Joseph's name to Zaphenath-paneah and gave Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On, as his wife. And so Joseph gained authority throughout the land of Egypt.H6547H7121H3130H8034H6847H5414H802H621H1323H6319H3548H204H3130H3318H776H4714 46Joseph was 30 years old when he began to serve Pharaoh, king of Egypt, by traveling throughout the land of Egypt, away from the oversight of Pharaoh.H3130H7970H8141H1121H5975H6440H6547H4428H4714H3130H3318H6440H6547H5674H776H4714 47While the earth was producing bumper crops during the seven abundant years,H7651H7647H8141H776H6213H7062 48he collected the surplus food during the seven years of plenty throughout the land of Egypt, storing food in cities; that is, he gathered the food from fields that surrounded every city and stored it there.H6908H400H7651H8141H776H4714H5414H400H5892H400H7704H5439H5892H5414H8432 49Joseph stored up so much grain in so much abundance - like sand on the seashore! - that he stopped keeping records because it was proving to be impossible to measure how much they were gathering.H3130H6651H1250H2344H3220H3966H7235H2308H5608H369H4557 50Before the years of famine arrived, Joseph fathered two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.H3130H3205H8147H1121H8141H7458H935H621H1323H6319H3548H204H3205 51Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh because, he claimed, "God has made me forget all of my hard life and my father's house."H3130H7121H8034H1060H4519H430H5382H5999H1H1004 52He named his second son Ephraim because, he claimed, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my troubles."H8034H8145H7121H669H430H6509H776H6040 53As soon as the seven years of abundance that pervaded the land of Egypt came to a conclusion,H7651H8141H7647H776H4714H3615 54the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. It was an international famine, but there was food everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.H7651H8141H7458H2490H935H3130H559H7458H776H776H4714H3899 55Eventually, the land of Egypt began to feel the effects of the famine, so they cried out to Pharaoh for food. "Go see Joseph," Pharaoh announced to all the Egyptians, "and do whatever he tells you to do."H776H4714H7456H5971H6817H6547H3899H6547H559H4714H3212H3130H559H6213 56Because the famine had spread nationwide, Joseph opened all of the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, because the famine was beginning to be severe throughout the land of Egypt.H7458H6440H776H3130H6605H7666H4714H7458H2388H776H4714 57In addition, all of the surrounding nations came to Joseph to buy grain from Egypt, because the famine had become severe throughout the world.H776H935H4714H3130H7666H7458H2388H776