Genesis 41:42 - Prayer Tents

Pharaoh’s Dream

41AFTER TWO full years, Pharaoh dreamed that he stood by the river [Nile].H7093H3117H8141H6547H2492H5975H2975

2And behold, there came up out of the river [Nile] seven well-favored cows, sleek {and} handsome and fat; and they grazed in the reed grass [in a marshy pasture].H5927H2975H7651H3303H4758H6510H1277H1320H7462H260

3And behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river [Nile], ill favored and gaunt {and} ugly, and stood by the fat cows on the bank of the river [Nile].H7651H312H6510H5927H310H2975H7451H4758H1851H1320H5975H681H6510H8193H2975

4And the ill-favored, gaunt, {and} ugly cows ate up the seven well-favored and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.H7451H4758H1851H1320H6510H398H7651H3303H4758H1277H6510H6547H3364

5But he slept and dreamed the second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came out on one stalk, plump and good.H3462H2492H8145H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H1277H2896

6And behold, after them seven ears [of grain] sprouted, thin {and} blighted by the east wind.H7651H1851H7641H7710H6921H6779H310

7And the seven thin ears [of grain] devoured the seven plump and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.H1851H7641H1104H7651H1277H4392H7641H6547H3364H2472

8So when morning came his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians and all the wise men of Egypt. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but not one could interpret them to [him].H1242H7307H6470H7971H7121H2748H4714H2450H6547H5608H2472H6622H6547

9Then the chief butler said to Pharaoh, I remember my faults today.H1696H8269H8248H6547H559H2142H2399H3117

10When Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me in custody in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker,H6547H7107H5650H5414H4929H8269H2876H1004H8269H644

11We dreamed a dream in the same night, he and I; we dreamed each of us according to [the significance of] the interpretation of his dream.H2492H2472H259H3915H2492H376H6623H2472

12And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard {and} chief executioner; and we told him our dreams, and he interpreted them to us, to each man according to the significance of his dream.H5288H5680H5650H8269H2876H5608H6622H2472H376H2472H6622

13And as he interpreted to us, so it came to pass; I was restored to my office [as chief butler], and the baker was hanged.H6622H7725H3653H8518

Joseph Interprets

14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. But Joseph [first] shaved himself, changed his clothes, {and} made himself presentable; then he came into Pharaoh's presence.H6547H7971H7121H3130H7323H953H1548H2498H8071H935H6547

15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it; and I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream {and} interpret it.H6547H559H3130H2492H2472H6622H8085H559H8085H2472H6622

16Joseph answered Pharaoh, It is not in me; God [not I] will give Pharaoh a [favorable] answer of peace.H3130H6030H6547H559H1107H430H6030H6547H6030H7965

17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river [Nile];H6547H1696H3130H2472H5975H8193H2975

18And behold, there came up out of the river [Nile] seven fat, sleek, {and} handsome cows, and they grazed in the reed grass [of a marshy pasture].H5927H2975H7651H6510H1277H1320H3303H8389H7462H260

19And behold, seven other cows came up after them, undernourished, gaunt, {and} ugly [just skin and bones; such emaciated animals] as I have never seen in all of Egypt.H7651H312H6510H5927H310H1803H3966H7451H8389H7534H1320H2007H3808H7200H776H4714H7455

20And the lean and ill favored cows ate up the seven fat cows that had come first.H7534H7451H6510H398H7223H7651H1277H6510

21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be detected {and} known that they had eaten them, for they were still as thin {and} emaciated as at the beginning. Then I awoke. [But again I fell asleep and dreamed.]H935H7130H3045H935H7130H4758H7451H8462H3364

22And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears [of grain] growing on one stalk, plump and good.H7200H2472H7651H7641H5927H259H7070H4392H2896

23And behold, seven [other] ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them.H7651H7641H6798H1851H7710H6921H6779H310

24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. Now I told this to the magicians, but there was no one who could tell me what it meant.H1851H7641H1104H7651H2896H7641H559H2748H5046

25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, The [two] dreams are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.H3130H559H6547H2472H6547H259H430H5046H6547H6213

26The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears [of grain] are seven years; the [two] dreams are one [in their meaning].H7651H2896H6510H7651H8141H7651H2896H7641H7651H8141H2472H259

27And the seven thin and ill favored cows that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears [of grain], blighted {and} shriveled by the east wind; they are seven years of hunger {and} famine.H7651H7534H7451H6510H5927H310H7651H8141H7651H7386H7641H7710H6921H7651H8141H7458

28This is the message just as I have told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.H1697H1696H6547H430H6213H7200H6547

29Take note! Seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt are coming.H935H7651H8141H1419H7647H776H4714

30Then there will come seven years of hunger {and} famine, and [there will be so much want that] all the great abundance of the previous years will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and hunger (destitution, starvation) will exhaust (consume, finish) the land.H6965H310H7651H8141H7458H7647H7911H776H4714H7458H3615H776

31And the plenty will become quite unknown in the land because of that following famine, for it will be very woefully severe.H7647H3045H776H6440H7458H310H3651H3966H3515

32That the dream was sent twice to Pharaoh {and} in two forms indicates that this thing which God will very soon bring to pass is fully prepared {and} established by God.H2472H8138H6547H6471H1697H3559H5973H430H430H4116H6213

33So now let Pharaoh seek out {and} provide a man discreet, understanding, proficient, {and} wise and set him over the land of Egypt [as governor].H6547H7200H376H995H2450H7896H776H4714

34Let Pharaoh do this; then let him select and appoint officers over the land, and take one-fifth [of the produce] of the [whole] land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years [year by year].H6547H6213H6485H6496H776H2567H776H4714H7651H7647H8141

35And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and lay up grain under the direction {and} authority of Pharaoh, and let them retain food [in fortified granaries] in the cities.H6908H400H2896H8141H935H6651H1250H3027H6547H8104H400H5892

36And that food shall be put in store for the country against the seven years of hunger {and} famine that are to come upon the land of Egypt, so that the land may not be ruined {and} cut off by the famine.H400H6487H776H7651H8141H7458H776H4714H776H3772H7458

37And the plan seemed good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.H1697H3190H5869H6547H5869H5650

Joseph Is Made a Ruler of Egypt

38And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find this man's equal, a man in whom is the spirit of God?H6547H559H5650H4672H2088H376H834H7307H430

39And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Forasmuch as [your] God has shown you all this, there is nobody as intelligent {and} discreet {and} understanding and wise as you are.H6547H559H3130H310H430H3045H995H2450

40You shall have charge over my house, and all my people shall be governed according to your word [with reverence, submission, and obedience]. Only in matters of the throne will I be greater than you are.H1961H1004H6310H5971H5401H3678H1431

41Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.H6547H559H3130H7200H5414H776H4714

42And Pharaoh took off his [signet] ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in [official] vestments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck;H6547H5493H2885H3027H5414H3130H3027H3847H899H8336H7760H2091H7242H6677

43He made him to ride in the second chariot which he had, and [officials] cried before him, Bow the knee! And he set him over all the land of Egypt.H7392H4932H4818H7121H6440H86H5414H776H4714

44And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.H6547H559H3130H6547H1107H376H7311H3027H7272H776H4714

45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph made an [inspection] tour of all the land of Egypt.H6547H7121H3130H8034H6847H5414H802H621H1323H6319H3548H204H3130H3318H776H4714

46Joseph [who had been in Egypt thirteen years] was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went [about his duties] through all the land of Egypt.H3130H7970H8141H1121H5975H6440H6547H4428H4714H3130H3318H6440H6547H5674H776H4714

47In the seven abundant years the earth brought forth by handfuls [for each seed planted].H7651H7647H8141H776H6213H7062

48And he gathered up all the [surplus] food of the seven [good] years in the land of Egypt and stored up the food in the cities; he stored away in each city the food from the fields around it.H6908H400H7651H8141H776H4714H5414H400H5892H400H7704H5439H5892H5414H8432

49And Joseph gathered grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it could not be measured.H3130H6651H1250H2344H3220H3966H7235H2308H5608H369H4557

The Sons of Joseph

50Now to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On, bore to him.H3130H3205H8147H1121H8141H7458H935H621H1323H6319H3548H204H3205

51And Joseph called the firstborn Manasseh [making to forget], For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil {and} hardship and all my father's house.H3130H7121H8034H1060H4519H430H5382H5999H1H1004

52And the second he called Ephraim [to be fruitful], For [he said] God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.H8034H8145H7121H669H430H6509H776H6040

53When the seven years of plenty were ended in the land of Egypt,H7651H8141H7647H776H4714H3615

54The seven years of scarcity {and} famine began to come, as Joseph had said they would; the famine was in all [the surrounding] lands, but in all of Egypt there was food.H7651H8141H7458H2490H935H3130H559H7458H776H776H4714H3899

55But when all the land of Egypt was weakened with hunger, the people [there] cried to Pharaoh for food; and Pharaoh said to [them] all, Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do.H776H4714H7456H5971H6817H6547H3899H6547H559H4714H3212H3130H559H6213

56When the famine was over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians; for the famine grew extremely distressing in the land of Egypt.H7458H6440H776H3130H6605H7666H4714H7458H2388H776H4714

57And all countries came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all [the known] earth.H776H935H4714H3130H7666H7458H2388H776