| 1 | And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river. |
| 2 | And behold, there came up out of the river seven well-favored cows and fat-fleshed; and they fed in a meadow. |
| 3 | And behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other cows upon the brink of the river. |
| 4 | And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed cows ate up the seven well-favored and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke. |
| 5 | And he slept and dreamed the second time: and behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. |
| 6 | And behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. |
| 7 | And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. |
| 8 | 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 to Pharaoh. |
| 9 | Then spoke the chief butler to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: |
| 10 | Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in custody in the captain of the guard's house, both me, and the chief baker: |
| 11 | And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he: we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. |
| 12 | And there was there with us 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 interpreted. |
| 13 | And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: me he restored to my office, and him he hanged. |
| 14 | 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 before Pharaoh. |
| 15 | And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard it said of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. |
| 16 | And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace. |
| 17 | And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: |
| 18 | And behold, there came out of the river seven cows, fat-fleshed, and well-favored; and they fed in a meadow: |
| 19 | And behold, seven other cows came out after them, poor, and very ill-favored, and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: |
| 20 | And the lean and the ill-favored cows ate up the first seven fat cows: |
| 21 | 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. |
| 22 | And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good: |
| 23 | And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: |
| 24 | And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this to the magicians; but there was none that could explain it to me. |
| 25 | And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one; God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do. |
| 26 | The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. |
| 27 | And the seven thin and ill-favored cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind will be seven years of famine. |
| 28 | This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showeth to Pharaoh. |
| 29 | Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: |
| 30 | 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; |
| 31 | And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine following: for it will be very grievous. |
| 32 | And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. |
| 33 | Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. |
| 34 | 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. |
| 35 | 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. |
| 36 | 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 may not perish through the famine. |
| 37 | And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. |
| 38 | And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a man as this is, a man in whom the spirit of God is? |
| 39 | And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: |
| 40 | Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. |
| 41 | And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set 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 vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; |
| 43 | 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. |
| 44 | And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. |
| 45 | And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him for a wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On: and Joseph went over all the land of Egypt. |
| 46 | 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. |
| 47 | And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfulls. |
| 48 | And he gathered 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 around every city, he laid up in the same. |
| 49 | And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. |
| 50 | And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came: which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bore to him. |
| 51 | And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. |
| 52 | And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. |
| 53 | And the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. |
| 54 | 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. |
| 55 | And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; what he saith to you, do. |
| 56 | And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine became severe in the land of Egypt. |
| 57 | And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was distressing in all lands. |