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And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine,
well -
favored and fat-fleshed
; and they fed in the
reed-grass
.
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored kine
and fatfleshed
; and they fed in a
meadow
.
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill -
favored and lean-fleshed,
and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favored and leanfleshed;
and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
And the ill -
favored and lean-fleshed
kine did eat up the seven well -
favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
And the ill favored and leanfleshed
kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
And he slept and dreamed a
second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain
came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
And he slept and dreamed the
second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn
came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
And, behold, seven ears,
thin and blasted with the east wind ,
sprung up after them.
And, behold, seven thin ears
and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
And the thin ears swallowed
up
the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
And the seven
thin ears devoured
the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house
of
the
captain of the guard
, me and the chief baker:
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's
house
, both
me and the chief baker:
and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
And there was with us there
a young man, a
Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
And there was there
with us a young man, an
Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that when
thou hearest
a dream thou
canst
interpret it.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst
understand
a dream to
interpret it.
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will
give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall
give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
And Pharaoh spake
unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink
of the river:
And Pharaoh said
unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank
of the river:
and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed
and well -
favored :
and they fed in the
reed-grass
:
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed
and well favored ;
and they fed in a
meadow
:
and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill -
favored and lean-fleshed
, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favored and leanfleshed
, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
and the lean and ill -
favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
And the lean and the
ill favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill -
favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon
one stalk, full and good:
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in
one stalk, full and good:
and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, `
and '
blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
and the thin ears swallowed
up
the seven good ears: and I told it
unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
And the thin ears devoured
the seven good ears: and I told this
unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what
God is about to do he
hath
declared
unto
Pharaoh
.
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath
showed
Pharaoh
what
he
is about to do.
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
And the seven lean
and ill -
favored kine that came up after them are seven years ,
and also
the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind ;
they
shall be seven years of famine.
And the seven thin
and ill favored kine that came up after them are seven years ;
and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
That
is the thing which I spake
unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath
showed
unto Pharaoh.
This
is the thing which I have
spoken
unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showeth
unto Pharaoh.
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which
followeth
; for it shall be very grievous.
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following
; for it shall be very grievous.
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh ,
it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice;
it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Let Pharaoh do `
this '
, and let him appoint overseers
over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers
over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
And let them gather all the food of these
good years that come, and lay up grain
under the hand of Pharaoh for
food
in
the
cities
, and let them keep it
.
And let them gather all the food of those
good years that come, and lay up corn
under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food
in
the
cities
.
And the
food shall be for a
store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
And that
food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is
, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all of
this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art
:
thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh took off his signet
ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set
him over all the land of Egypt.
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made
him ruler
over all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his
foot in all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah
; and he gave him to wife Asenath ,
the daughter of Poti-phera
priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah
; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah
priest of On. And Joseph went out over all
the land of Egypt.
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years ,
which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
And Joseph laid
up
grain
as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off
numbering; for it was without number.
And Joseph gathered
corn
as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year
of famine came, whom
Asenath ,
the daughter of Potiphera
priest of On ,
bare unto him.
And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years
of famine came, which
Asenath the daughter of Potipherah
priest of On bare unto him.
And Joseph called the name of the first-born
Manasseh: For, `
said he '
, God
hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn
Manasseh: For God
, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made
me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused
me to
be
fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And the seven years of plenty
, that was in the land of Egypt, came
to
an
end
.
And the seven years of plenteousness
, that was in the land of Egypt, were
ended
.
And the seven years of famine
began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there
was famine
in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
And the seven years of dearth
began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the
dearth
was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses
, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was
sore in the land of Egypt.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses
, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed
sore in the land of Egypt.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain,
because the famine was sore in all the
earth
.
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for
to buy corn;
because that
the famine was so
sore in all lands
.
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