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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.
02 And, behold, there came up out of the
river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed;
and they fed in a meadow.
03 And, behold, seven other kine came up
after them out of the river, ill favoured and
leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the
brink of the river.
04 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed
kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat
kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
05 And he slept and dreamed the second
time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up
upon one stalk, rank and good.
06 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted
with the east wind sprung up after them.
07 And the seven thin ears devoured the
seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and,
behold, it was a dream.
08 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.
09 Then spake the chief butler unto
Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this
day:
10 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:
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,
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.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted
to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine
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 in unto Pharaoh.
15 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.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It
is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of
peace.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my
dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the
river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the
river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured;
and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up
after them, poor and very ill favoured and
leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land
of Egypt for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine
did 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 ill favoured, as at the
beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold,
seven ears came up in 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 unto the magicians;
but there was none that could declare it to me.
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream
of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what
he is about to do.
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and
the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is
one.
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured 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.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken
unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth
unto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great
plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
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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 that famine following; for it
shall be very grievous.
32 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.
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
perish not 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 unto his servants, Can
we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the
Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch
as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none
so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 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.
41 And Pharaoh said unto 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 unto 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
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.
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 handfuls.
48 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.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of
the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for
it was without number.
50 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.
51 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.
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 unto all the Egyptians, Go unto
Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 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.
57 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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