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| [1]And two years after, Pharaoh also dreamed, and behold, he stood by a river, |
[1]And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River, |
| [2]And lo, there came out of the river seven goodly kine and fat fleshed, and they fed in a meadow: |
[2]and lo, from the River coming up are seven kine, of fair appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds; |
| [3]And lo, seven other kine came up after the out of the river, evil favored and lean fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. |
[3]and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean [in] flesh, and they stand near the kine on the edge of the River, |
| [4]And the evil favored and lean fleshed kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine: so Pharaoh awoke. |
[4]and the kine of bad appearance and lean [in] flesh eat up the seven kine of fair appearance, and fat -- and Pharaoh awaketh. |
| [5]Again he slept, and dreamed the second time: and behold, seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, rank and goodly. |
[5]And he sleepeth, and dreameth a second time, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good, |
| [6]And lo, seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind, sprang up after them: |
[6]and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them; |
| [7]And the thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. Then Pharaoh awaked, and lo, it was a dream. |
[7]and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears -- and Pharaoh awaketh, and lo, a dream. |
| [8]Now when the morning came, his spirit was troubled: therefore he sent and called all the soothsayers of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof, and Pharaoh told them his dreams: but none could interpret them to Pharaoh. |
[8]And it cometh to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sendeth and calleth all the scribes of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounteth to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh. |
| [9]Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I call to mind my faults this day. |
[9]And the chief of the butlers speaketh with Pharaoh, saying, `My sin I mention this day: |
| [10]Pharaoh being angry with his servants, put me in ward in the chief steward's house, both me and the chief baker. |
[10]Pharaoh hath been wroth against his servants, and giveth me into charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers; |
| [11]Then we dreamed a dream in one night, both I, and he: we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. |
[11]and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed. |
| [12]And there was with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant unto the chief steward, whom when we told, he declared our dreams to us, to every one he declared according to his dream. |
[12]And there [is] with us a youth, a Hebrew, servant to the chief of the executioners, and we recount to him, and he interpreteth to us our dreams, [to] each according to his dream hath he interpreted, |
| [13]And as he declared unto us, so it came to pass: for he restored me to mine office, and hanged him. |
[13]and it cometh to pass, as he hath interpreted to us so it hath been, me he put back on my station, and him he hanged.' |
| [14]Then sent Pharaoh, and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of prison, and he shaved him, and changed his raiment, and came to Pharaoh. |
[14]And Pharaoh sendeth and calleth Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaveth, and changeth his garments, and cometh in unto Pharaoh. |
| [15]Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and no man can interpret it, and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream, thou canst interpret it. |
[15]And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `A dream I have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it, and I -- I have heard concerning thee, saying, Thou understandest a dream to interpret it,' |
| [16]And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, Without me God shall answer for the wealth of Pharaoh. |
[16]and Joseph answereth Pharaoh, saying, `Without me -- God doth answer Pharaoh with peace.' |
| [17]And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood by the bank of the river: |
[17]And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph: `In my dream, lo, I am standing by the edge of the River, |
| [18]And lo, there came up out of the river seven fat fleshed, and well favored kine, and they fed in the meadow. |
[18]and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat [in] flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds; |
| [19]Also lo, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very evil favored, and lean fleshed: I never saw the like in all the land of Egypt, for evil favored. |
[19]and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean [in] flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness. |
| [20]And the lean and evil favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine. |
[20]`And the lean and the bad kine eat up the first seven fat kine, |
| [21]And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them, but they were still as evil favored, as they were at the beginning: so did I awake. |
[21]and they come in unto their midst, and it hath not been known that they have come in unto their midst, and their appearance [is] bad as at the commencement; and I awake. |
| [22]Moreover I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears sprang out of one stalk, full and fair. |
[22]`And I see in my dream, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good; |
| [23]And lo, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprang up after them. |
[23]and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them; |
| [24]And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. Now I have told the soothsayers, and none can declare it unto me. |
[24]and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.' |
| [25]Then Joseph answered Pharaoh, Both Pharaoh's dreams are one. God hath showed Pharaoh, what he is about to do. |
[25]And Joseph saith unto Pharaoh, `The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he hath declared to Pharaoh; |
| [26]The seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years: this is one dream. |
[26]the seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one; |
| [27]Likewise the seven thin and evil favored kine, that came out after them, are seven years: and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind, are seven years of famine. |
[27]and the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine; |
| [28]This is the thing which I have said unto Pharaoh, that God hath showed unto Pharaoh, what he is about to do. |
[28]this [is] the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: That which God is doing, he hath shewn Pharaoh. |
| [29]Behold, there come seven years of great plenty in all the land of Egypt. |
[29]`Lo, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt, |
| [30]Again, there shall arise after them seven years of famine, so that all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land: |
[30]and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine hath finished the land, |
| [31]Neither shall the plenty be known in the land, by reason of this famine that shall come after: for it shall be exceeding great. |
[31]and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterwards, for it [is] very grievous. |
| [32]And therefore the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh the second time, because the thing is established by God, and God hasteth to perform it. |
[32]`And because of the repeating of the dream unto Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hastening to do it. |
| [33]Now therefore let Pharaoh provide for a man of understanding and wisdom, and set him over the land of Egypt. |
[33]`And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt; |
| [34]Let Pharaoh make and appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. |
[34]let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty, |
| [35]Also let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food, in the cities, and let them keep it. |
[35]and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh -- food in the cities; and they have kept [it], |
| [36]So the food shall be for the provision of the land, against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not by famine. |
[36]and the food hath been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.' |
| [37]And the saying pleased Pharaoh and all his servants. |
[37]And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants, |
| [38]Then said Pharaoh unto his servants, Can we find such a man as this, in whom is the Spirit of God? |
[38]and Pharaoh saith unto his servants, `Do we find like this, a man in whom the spirit of God [is]?' |
| [39]The Pharaoh said to Joseph, For as much as God hath showed thee all this, there is no man of understanding, or of wisdom like unto thee. |
[39]and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `After God's causing thee to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as thou; |
| [40]Thou shalt be over mine house, and at thy word shall all my people be armed, only in the king's throne will I be above thee. |
[40]thou -- thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.' |
| [41]Moreover Pharaoh said to Joseph, Behold, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. |
[41]And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `See, I have put thee over all the land of Egypt.' |
| [42]And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in garments of fine linen, and put a golden chain about his neck. |
[42]And Pharaoh turneth aside his seal-ring from off his hand, and putteth it on the hand of Joseph, and clotheth him [with] garments of fine linen, and placeth a chain of gold on his neck, |
| [43]So he set him upon the best chariot that he had, save one: and they cried before him, Abrech, and placed him over all the land of Egypt. |
[43]and causeth him to ride in the second chariot which he hath, and they proclaim before him, `Bow the knee!' and -- to put him over all the land of Egypt. |
| [44]Again 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. |
[44]And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `I [am] Pharaoh, and without thee a man doth not lift up his hand and his foot in all the land of Egypt;' |
| [45]And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah: and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah prince of On. Then went Joseph abroad in the land of Egypt. |
[45]and Pharaoh calleth Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he giveth to him Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, for a wife, and Joseph goeth out over the land of Egypt. |
| [46]And Joseph was thirty year old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt: and Joseph departing from the presence of Pharaoh, went throughout all the land of Egypt. |
[46]And Joseph [is] a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goeth out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passeth over through all the land of Egypt; |
| [47]And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth store. |
[47]and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls. |
| [48]And he gathered up all the food of the seven plenteous years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up food in the cities: the food of the field, that was round about every city, laid he up in the same. |
[48]And he gathereth all the food of the seven years which have been in the land of Egypt, and putteth food in the cities; the food of the field which [is] round about [each] city hath he put in its midst; |
| [49]So Joseph gathered wheat, like unto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, until he left numbering: for it was without number. |
[49]and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number. |
| [50]Now unto Joseph were born two sons (before the years of famine came) which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah prince of On bear unto him. |
[50]And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine cometh, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him, |
| [51]And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: for God, said he, hath made me forget all my labor and all my father's household. |
[51]and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: `for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;' |
| [52]Also he called the name of the second, Ephraim: For God, said he hath made me fruitful in the land of mine affliction. |
[52]and the name of the second he hath called Ephraim: `for, God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of mine affliction.' |
| [53]So the seven years of the plenty that was in the land of Egypt were ended. |
[53]And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt, |
| [54]Then began the seven years of famine to come, according as Joseph had said: and the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt was bread. |
[54]and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread; |
| [55]At the length all the land of Egypt was famished, and the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph: what he saith to you, do ye. |
[55]and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people crieth unto Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh saith to all the Egyptians, `Go unto Joseph; that which he saith to you -- do.' |
| [56]When the famine was upon all the land, Joseph opened all places, wherein the store was, and sold unto the Egyptians: for the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. |
[56]And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph openeth all [places] which have [corn] in them, and selleth to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt, |
| [57]And all countries came to Egypt to buy corn of Joseph, because the famine was sore in all lands. |
[57]and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth. |