Verse 1
And it came to pass at the end{H7093} of two full{H3117} years,{H8141} that Pharaoh{H6547} dreamed:{H2492} and, behold, he stood{H5975} by the river.{H2975}
Verse 2
And, behold, there came up{H5927} out of the river{H2975} seven{H7651} kine,{H6510} well-favored{H4758} and{H3303} fat-fleshed;{H1277} and they fed{H7462} in the reed-grass.{H260}
Verse 3
And, behold, seven{H7651} other{H312} kine{H6510} came up{H5927} after them{H310} out of the river,{H2975} ill-favored{H7451} and{H4758} lean-fleshed,{H1851} and stood{H5975} by{H681} the other kine{H6510} upon the brink{H8193} of the river.{H2975}
Verse 4
And the ill-favored{H7451} and{H4758} lean-fleshed{H1851} kine{H6510} did eat up{H398} the seven{H7651} well-favored{H3303} and{H4758} fat{H1277} kine.{H6510} So Pharaoh{H6547} awoke.{H3364}
Verse 5
And he slept{H3462} and dreamed{H2492} a second time:{H8145} and, behold, seven{H7651} ears of grain{H7641} came up{H5927} upon one{H259} stalk,{H7070} rank{H1277} and good.{H2896}
Verse 6
And, behold, seven{H7651} ears,{H7641} thin{H1851} and blasted{H7710} with the east wind,{H6921} sprung up{H6779} after them.{H310}
Verse 7
And the thin{H1851} ears{H7641} swallowed{H1104} up the seven{H7651} rank{H1277} and full{H4392} ears.{H7641} And Pharaoh{H6547} awoke,{H3364} and, behold, it was a dream.{H2472}
Verse 8
And it came to pass in the morning{H1242} that his spirit{H7307} was troubled;{H6470} and he sent{H7971} and called{H7121} for all the magicians{H2748} of Egypt,{H4714} and all the wise men{H2450} thereof: and Pharaoh{H6547} told{H5608} them his dream;{H2472} but there was none that could interpret{H6622} them unto Pharaoh.{H6547}
Verse 9
Then spake{H1696} the chief{H8269} butler{H8248} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} saying,{H559} I do remember{H2142} my faults{H2399} this day:{H3117}
Verse 10
Pharaoh{H6547} was wroth{H7107} with his servants,{H5650} and put{H5414} me in ward{H4929} in the house{H1004} of the captain{H8269} of the guard,{H2876} me and the chief{H8269} baker:{H644}
Verse 11
and we dreamed{H2492} a dream{H2472} in one{H259} night,{H3915} I and he; we dreamed{H2492} each man{H376} according to the interpretation{H6623} of his dream.{H2472}
Verse 12
And there was with us there a young man,{H5288} a Hebrew,{H5680} servant{H5650} to the captain{H8269} of the guard;{H2876} and we told{H5608} him, and he interpreted{H6622} to us our dreams;{H2472} to each man{H376} according to his dream{H2472} he did interpret.{H6622}
Verse 13
And it came to pass, as he interpreted{H6622} to us, so it was; me he restored{H7725} unto mine office,{H3653} and him he hanged.{H8518}
Verse 14
Then Pharaoh{H6547} sent{H7971} and called{H7121} Joseph,{H3130} and they brought him hastily{H7323} out of the dungeon:{H953} and he shaved{H1548} himself, and changed{H2498} his raiment,{H8071} and came in{H935} unto Pharaoh.{H6547}
Verse 15
And Pharaoh{H6547} said{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} I have dreamed{H2492} a dream,{H2472} and there is none that can interpret{H6622} it: and I have heard{H8085} say{H559} of thee, that when thou hearest{H8085} a dream{H2472} thou canst interpret{H6622} it.
Verse 16
And Joseph{H3130} answered{H6030} Pharaoh,{H6547} saying,{H559} It is not in me:{H1107} God{H430} will give{H6030} Pharaoh{H6547} an answer{H6030} of peace.{H7965}
Verse 17
And Pharaoh{H6547} spake{H1696} unto Joseph,{H3130} In my dream,{H2472} behold, I stood{H5975} upon the brink{H8193} of the river:{H2975}
Verse 18
and, behold, there came up{H5927} out of the river{H2975} seven{H7651} kine,{H6510} fat-fleshed{H1277} and{H3303} well-favored:{H8389} and they fed{H7462} in the reed-grass:{H260}
Verse 19
and, behold, seven{H7651} other{H312} kine{H6510} came up{H5927} after them,{H310} poor{H1803} and very{H3966} ill-favored{H7451} and{H8389} lean-fleshed,{H7534} such{H2007} as I never{H3808} saw{H7200} in all the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} for badness:{H7455}
Verse 20
and the lean{H7534} and ill-favored{H7451} kine{H6510} did eat up{H398} the first{H7223} seven{H7651} fat{H1277} kine:{H6510}
Verse 21
and when they had eaten them up,{H935} it could not be known{H3045} that they had eaten them;{H935} but they were still{H4758} ill-favored,{H7451} as at the beginning.{H8462} So I awoke.{H3364}
Verse 22
And I saw{H7200} in my dream,{H2472} and, behold, seven{H7651} ears{H7641} came up{H5927} upon one{H259} stalk,{H7070} full{H4392} and good:{H2896}
Verse 23
and, behold, seven{H7651} ears,{H7641} withered,{H6798} thin,{H1851} [and] blasted{H7710} with the east wind,{H6921} sprung up{H6779} after them:{H310}
Verse 24
and the thin{H1851} ears{H7641} swallowed{H1104} up the seven{H7651} good{H2896} ears:{H7641} and I told{H559} it unto the magicians;{H2748} but there was none that could declare{H5046} it to me.
Verse 25
And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} The dream{H2472} of Pharaoh{H6547} is one:{H259} what God{H430} is about to do{H6213} he hath declared{H5046} unto Pharaoh.{H6547}
Verse 26
The seven{H7651} good{H2896} kine{H6510} are seven{H7651} years;{H8141} and the seven{H7651} good{H2896} ears{H7641} are seven{H7651} years:{H8141} the dream{H2472} is one.{H259}
Verse 27
And the seven{H7651} lean{H7534} and ill-favored{H7451} kine{H6510} that came up{H5927} after them{H310} are seven{H7651} years,{H8141} and also the seven{H7651} empty{H7386} ears{H7641} blasted{H7710} with the east wind;{H6921} they shall be seven{H7651} years{H8141} of famine.{H7458}
Verse 28
That is the thing{H1697} which I spake{H1696} unto Pharaoh:{H6547} what God{H430} is about to do{H6213} he hath showed{H7200} unto Pharaoh.{H6547}
Verse 29
Behold, there come{H935} seven{H7651} years{H8141} of great{H1419} plenty{H7647} throughout all the land{H776} of Egypt:{H4714}
Verse 30
and there shall arise{H6965} after them{H310} seven{H7651} years{H8141} of famine;{H7458} and all the plenty{H7647} shall be forgotten{H7911} in the land{H776} of Egypt;{H4714} and the famine{H7458} shall consume{H3615} the land;{H776}
Verse 31
and the plenty{H7647} shall not be known{H3045} in the land{H776} by reason{H6440} of that famine{H7458} which followeth;{H310} for it shall be very{H3966} grievous.{H3515}
Verse 32
And for that the dream{H2472} was doubled{H8138} unto{H6471} Pharaoh,{H6547} it is because the thing{H1697} is established{H3559} by{H5973} God,{H430} and God{H430} will shortly{H4116} bring it to pass.{H6213}
Verse 33
Now therefore let Pharaoh{H6547} look out{H7200} a man{H376} discreet{H995} and wise,{H2450} and set{H7896} him over the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
Verse 34
Let Pharaoh{H6547} do{H6213} [this], and let him appoint{H6485} overseers{H6496} over the land,{H776} and take up the fifth part{H2567} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} in the seven{H7651} plenteous{H7647} years.{H8141}
Verse 35
And let them gather{H6908} all the food{H400} of these good{H2896} years{H8141} that come,{H935} and lay up{H6651} grain{H1250} under the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} for food{H400} in the cities,{H5892} and let them keep{H8104} it.
Verse 36
And the food{H400} shall be for a store{H6487} to the land{H776} against the seven{H7651} years{H8141} of famine,{H7458} which shall be in the land{H776} of Egypt;{H4714} that the land{H776} perish{H3772} not through the famine.{H7458}
Verse 37
And the thing{H1697} was good{H3190} in the eyes{H5869} of Pharaoh,{H6547} and in the eyes{H5869} of all his servants.{H5650}
Verse 38
And Pharaoh{H6547} said{H559} unto his servants,{H5650} Can we find{H4672} such a one as this,{H2088} a man{H376} in whom{H834} the spirit{H7307} of God{H430} is?
Verse 39
And Pharaoh{H6547} said{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} Forasmuch{H310} as God{H430} hath showed{H3045} thee all of this, there is none so discreet{H995} and wise{H2450} as thou:
Verse 40
thou shalt be{H1961} over my house,{H1004} and according unto thy word{H6310} shall all my people{H5971} be ruled:{H5401} only in the throne{H3678} will I be greater{H1431} than thou.
Verse 41
And Pharaoh{H6547} said{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} See,{H7200} I have set{H5414} thee over all the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
Verse 42
And Pharaoh{H6547} took off{H5493} his signet ring{H2885} from his hand,{H3027} and put{H5414} it upon Joseph's{H3130} hand,{H3027} and arrayed{H3847} him in vestures{H899} of fine linen,{H8336} and put{H7760} a gold{H2091} chain{H7242} about his neck;{H6677}
Verse 43
and he made him to ride{H7392} in the second{H4932} chariot{H4818} which he had: and they cried{H7121} before him,{H6440} Bow the knee:{H86} and he set{H5414} him over all the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
Verse 44
And Pharaoh{H6547} said{H559} unto Joseph,{H3130} I am Pharaoh,{H6547} and without{H1107} thee shall no man{H376} lift up{H7311} his hand{H3027} or his foot{H7272} in all the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
Verse 45
And Pharaoh{H6547} called{H7121} Joseph's{H3130} name{H8034} Zaphenath-paneah;{H6847} and he gave{H5414} him to wife{H802} Asenath,{H621} the daughter{H1323} of Poti-phera{H6319} priest{H3548} of On.{H204} And Joseph{H3130} went out{H3318} over the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
Verse 46
And Joseph{H3130} was thirty{H7970} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he stood{H5975} before{H6440} Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt.{H4714} And Joseph{H3130} went out{H3318} from the presence{H6440} of Pharaoh,{H6547} and went throughout{H5674} all the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
Verse 47
And in the seven{H7651} plenteous{H7647} years{H8141} the earth{H776} brought forth{H6213} by handfuls.{H7062}
Verse 48
And he gathered up{H6908} all the food{H400} of the seven{H7651} years{H8141} which were in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and laid up{H5414} the food{H400} in the cities:{H5892} the food{H400} of the field,{H7704} which was round about{H5439} every city,{H5892} laid he up{H5414} in the same.{H8432}
Verse 49
And Joseph{H3130} laid{H6651} up grain{H1250} as the sand{H2344} of the sea,{H3220} very{H3966} much,{H7235} until he left{H2308} off numbering;{H5608} for it was without{H369} number.{H4557}
Verse 50
And unto Joseph{H3130} were born{H3205} two{H8147} sons{H1121} before the year{H8141} of famine{H7458} came,{H935} whom Asenath,{H621} the daughter{H1323} of Poti-phera{H6319} priest{H3548} of On,{H204} bare{H3205} unto him.
Verse 51
And Joseph{H3130} called{H7121} the name{H8034} of the first-born{H1060} Manasseh:{H4519} For, [said he], God{H430} hath made me forget{H5382} all my toil,{H5999} and all my father's{H1} house.{H1004}
Verse 52
And the name{H8034} of the second{H8145} called{H7121} he Ephraim:{H669} For God{H430} hath made me fruitful{H6509} in the land{H776} of my affliction.{H6040}
Verse 53
And the seven{H7651} years{H8141} of plenty,{H7647} that was in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} came to an end.{H3615}
Verse 54
And the seven{H7651} years{H8141} of famine{H7458} began{H2490} to come,{H935} according as Joseph{H3130} had said:{H559} and there was famine{H7458} in all lands;{H776} but in all the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} there was bread.{H3899}
Verse 55
And when all the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} was famished,{H7456} the people{H5971} cried{H6817} to Pharaoh{H6547} for bread:{H3899} and Pharaoh{H6547} said{H559} unto all the Egyptians,{H4714} Go{H3212} unto Joseph;{H3130} what he saith{H559} to you, do.{H6213}
Verse 56
And the famine{H7458} was over all the face{H6440} of the earth:{H776} and Joseph{H3130} opened{H6605} all the store-houses, and sold{H7666} unto the Egyptians;{H4714} and the famine{H7458} was sore{H2388} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
Verse 57
And all countries{H776} came{H935} into Egypt{H4714} to Joseph{H3130} to buy{H7666} grain, because the famine{H7458} was sore{H2388} in all the earth.{H776}