Genesis:41

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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 . * And , behold , there came up out of the river seven cows , of good appearance and fat in flesh ; and they fed in the meadow . * And , behold , seven other cows came up after them out of the river , ill –favored and lean in flesh ; and they stood by the other cows upon the brink of the river . * And the ill –favored and lean –fleshed cows did eat up the seven well –favored and fat cows . And Pharaoh awoke . * And he slept and dreamed a second time : and , behold , seven ears of corn came up on one stalk , rank and good . * And , behold , seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them . * And the seven thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears . And Pharaoh awoke , and , behold , it was a dream . * 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 the same unto Pharaoh . * Then spoke the chief of the butlers unto Pharaoh , saying , My faults I must call to remembrance this day : * Pharaoh was wroth with his servants , and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guards , me and the chief of the bakers ; * And we dreamed a dream in one night , I and he ; we dreamed each in accordance with the interpretation of his dream . * And there was with us a Hebrew lad , a servant to the captain of the guards ; and we told him , and he interpreted to us our dreams ; to each according to his dream did he interpret . * And it came to pass , just as he had interpreted to us , so it was ; me he restored unto my office , and him he hanged . * Then Pharaoh sent and had Joseph called , and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon : and he shaved himself , and changed his garments , and came in unto Pharaoh . * 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 . * And Joseph answered Pharaoh , saying , It is not in me ; God will give an answer for the peace of Pharaoh . * And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , In my dream , behold , I stood upon the brink of the river ; * And , behold , there came up out of the river seven cows , fat in flesh and good in shape ; and they fed in the meadow ; * And , behold , seven other cows came up after them , poor and very ill –shaped and lean in flesh ; I never saw any like these in all the land of Egypt for ugliness ; * And the lean and the ill –favored cows did eat up the first seven fat cows ; * And when they had eaten them up , it could not be known that they had eaten them ; but their appearance was still as bad as at the beginning . And I awoke . * And I saw in my dream , and , behold , seven ears came up on one stalk , full and good ; * And , behold , seven ears , withered , thin , blasted with the east wind , sprung up after them ; * And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears : and I told this unto the magicians ; but there was none that could tell it to me . * And Joseph said unto Pharaoh , the dream of Pharaoh is one , that which God is about to do , he hath told to Pharaoh . * The seven good cows are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven years ; the dream is one . * 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 , shall be seven years of famine . * This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh : What God is about to do he hath shown unto Pharaoh . * Behold , there are coming seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt : * And there shall arise seven years of famine after them , when all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt ; and the famine shall consume the land ; * And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following it ; for it shall be very grievous . * And as it respecteth that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice , it is because the thing is firmly resolved on by God , and God hasteneth to bring it to pass . * Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise , and set him over the land of Egypt . * 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 years of plenty . * And let them gather up all the food of those good years that are coming , and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh , as food in the cities , and keep the same . * And that food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine , which shall be in the land of Egypt ; that the land be not cut off through the famine . * And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh , and in the eyes of all his servants . * And Pharaoh said unto his servants , Can we find such a one as this , a man in whom the spirit of God is ? * And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , Inasmuch as God hath caused thee to know all this , there is none so discreet and wise as thou : * Thou shalt be over my house , and according to thy word shall all my people be ruled , only in regard to the throne will I be greater than thou . * And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , See , I have set thee over all the land of Egypt . * 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 golden chain about his neck ; * And he caused him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him , Bend the knee : and he placed him over all the land of Egypt . * And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , I am Pharaoh ; but without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt . * And Pharaoh called Joseph ’s name Zaphenath –pa ’neach ; and he gave him Assenath the daughter of Poti –phera ’, the priest of On , for wife . And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt . * And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh the king of Egypt ; and Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh , and went throughout all the land of Egypt . * And the earth brought forth in the seven years of plenty by handfuls . * 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 of the city , which was round about it , laid he up in the same . * And Joseph heaped up corn as the sand of the sea , very much ; until he left off numbering , for it was without number . * And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came , whom Assenath the daughter of Poti –phera ’ the priest of On , bore unto him . * And Joseph called the name of the first –born Menasseh : For God hath made me forget all my toil , and all my father ’s house . * And the name of the second he called Ephraim ; For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction . * And the seven years of plenty , that was in the land of Egypt , were ended . * And the seven years of famine began to come , just as Joseph had said ; and there was famine in all the countries , but in all the land of Egypt there was bread . * And when all the land of Egypt also felt hunger , the people cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians , Go unto Joseph ; what he saith to you , do . * And the famine was over all the face of the earth : and Joseph opened all the store –houses , wherein corn was , and sold unto the Egyptians ; for the famine grew strong in the land of Egypt . * And all the countries came into Egypt to buy corn of Joseph ; because the famine was sore in all the countries .

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