Genesis 41
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 favoured kine and
fatfleshed ; and they
fed in a
meadow. 3 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. 4 And the
ill favoured and
leanfleshed kine did eat
up the
seven well favoured and
fat kine. 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 unto
Pharaoh. 9 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: 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.