Genesis:39-41

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* And Joseph was brought down to Egypt ; and Potiphar , an officer of Pharaoh , captain of the guard , an Egyptian , bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites , which had brought him down thither . * And the LORD was with Joseph , and he was a prosperous man ; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian . * And his master saw that the LORD was with him , and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand . * And Joseph found grace in his sight , and he served him : and he made him overseer over his house , and all that he had he put into his hand . * And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house , and over all that he had , that the LORD blessed the Egyptian 's house for Joseph 's sake ; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house , and in the field . * And he left all that he had in Joseph 's hand ; and he knew not ought he had , save the bread which he did eat . And Joseph was a goodly person , and well favoured . * And it came to pass after these things , that his master 's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph ; and she said , Lie with me . * But he refused , and said unto his master 's wife , Behold , my master wotteth not what is with me in the house , and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand ; * There is none greater in this house than I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee , because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great wickedness , and sin against God ? * And it came to pass , as she spake to Joseph day by day , that he hearkened not unto her , to lie by her , or to be with her . * And it came to pass about this time , that Joseph went into the house to do his business ; and there was none of the men of the house there within . * And she caught him by his garment , saying , Lie with me : and he left his garment in her hand , and fled , and got him out . * And it came to pass , when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand , and was fled forth , * That she called unto the men of her house , and spake unto them , saying , See , he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us ; he came in unto me to lie with me , and I cried with a loud voice : * And it came to pass , when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried , that he left his garment with me , and fled , and got him out . * And she laid up his garment by her , until his lord came home . * And she spake unto him according to these words , saying , The Hebrew servant , which thou hast brought unto us , came in unto me to mock me : * And it came to pass , as I lifted up my voice and cried , that he left his garment with me , and fled out . * And it came to pass , when his master heard the words of his wife , which she spake unto him , saying , After this manner did thy servant to me ; that his wrath was kindled . * And Joseph 's master took him , and put him into the prison , a place where the king 's prisoners were bound : and he was there in the prison . * But the LORD was with Joseph , and shewed him mercy , and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison . * And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph 's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison ; and whatsoever they did there , he was the doer of it . * The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand ; because the LORD was with him , and that which he did , the LORD made it to prosper . * And it came to pass after these things , that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt . * And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers , against the chief of the butlers , and against the chief of the bakers . * And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard , into the prison , the place where Joseph was bound . * And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them , and he served them : and they continued a season in ward . * And they dreamed a dream both of them , each man his dream in one night , each man according to the interpretation of his dream , the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt , which were bound in the prison . * And Joseph came in unto them in the morning , and looked upon them , and , behold , they were sad . * And he asked Pharaoh 's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord 's house , saying , Wherefore look ye so sadly to day ? * And they said unto him , We have dreamed a dream , and there is no interpreter of it . And Joseph said unto them , Do not interpretations belong to God ? tell me them , I pray you . * And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph , and said to him , In my dream , behold , a vine was before me ; * And in the vine were three branches : and it was as though it budded , and her blossoms shot forth ; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes : * And Pharaoh 's cup was in my hand : and I took the grapes , and pressed them into Pharaoh 's cup , and I gave the cup into Pharaoh 's hand . * And Joseph said unto him , This is the interpretation of it : The three branches are three days : * Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head , and restore thee unto thy place : and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh 's cup into his hand , after the former manner when thou wast his butler . * But think on me when it shall be well with thee , and shew kindness , I pray thee , unto me , and make mention of me unto Pharaoh , and bring me out of this house : * For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon . * When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good , he said unto Joseph , I also was in my dream , and , behold , I had three white baskets on my head : * And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh ; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head . * And Joseph answered and said , This is the interpretation thereof : The three baskets are three days : * Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee , and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee . * And it came to pass the third day , which was Pharaoh 's birthday , that he made a feast unto all his servants : and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants . * And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again ; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh 's hand : * But he hanged the chief baker : as Joseph had interpreted to them . * Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph , but forgat him . * 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 well favoured kine and fatfleshed ; and they fed in a meadow . * 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 . * And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine . So Pharaoh awoke . * And he slept and dreamed the second time : and , behold , seven ears of corn came up upon 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 devoured 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 them unto Pharaoh . * Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh , saying , I do remember my faults this day : * 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 : * And we dreamed a dream in one night , I and he ; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream . * 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 . * And it came to pass , as he interpreted to us , so it was ; me he restored unto mine office , and him he hanged . * 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 . * 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 shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace . * And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , In my dream , behold , I stood upon the bank of the river : * And , behold , there came up out of the river seven kine , fatfleshed and well favoured ; and they fed in a meadow : * 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 : * And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine : * 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 . * And I saw in my dream , and , behold , seven ears came up in one stalk , full and good : * And , behold , seven ears , withered , thin , and 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 declare it to me . * And Joseph said unto Pharaoh , The dream of Pharaoh is one : God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do . * The seven good kine are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one . * 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 . * This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh : What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh . * Behold , there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt : * 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 ; * And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following ; for it shall be very grievous . * 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 . * 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 plenteous years . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 is , a man in whom the Spirit of God is ? * And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this , there is none so discreet and wise as thou art : * 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 . * 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 gold chain about his neck ; * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth 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 , which was round about every city , laid he up in the same . * And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea , very much , until he left numbering ; for it was without number . * 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 . * 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 . * And the name of the second called he Ephraim : For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction . * And the seven years of plenteousness , that was in the land of Egypt , were ended . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn ; because that the famine was so sore in all lands . * Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt , Jacob said unto his sons , Why do ye look one upon another ?

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