BERESHITH (GENESIS) 41

Gen 41:1 And it came to be, at the end of two years’ time, that Pharaoh had a
dream, and saw him standing by the river,
Gen 41:2 and saw seven cows coming up out of the river, fine looking and
fat, and they fed amongst the reeds,
Gen 41:3 then saw seven other cows coming up after them out of the river,
ugly and lean of flesh, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the river.
Gen 41:4 And the ugly and lean of flesh cows ate up the seven fine looking
and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.
Gen 41:5 And he slept and dreamed a second time and saw seven heads of
grain coming up on one stalk, plump and good,
Gen 41:6 and saw seven lean heads, scorched by the east wind, coming up
after them.
Gen 41:7 And the seven lean heads swallowed the seven plump and
complete heads. Then Pharaoh awoke and saw it was a dream.
Gen 41:8 And it came to be in the morning that his spirit was moved, and he
sent and called for all the magicians of Mitsrayim and all its wise men. And
Pharaoh related to them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret
them for Pharaoh.
Gen 41:9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember
my crimes this day.
Gen 41:10 “When Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in
confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief
baker,
Gen 41:11 each one of us dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us
dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.
Gen 41:12 “And there was with us a Heḇrew youth, a servant of the captain
of the guard. And we related to him, and he interpreted our dreams for us. To
each man he interpreted according to his own dream.
Gen 41:13 “And it came to be, as he interpreted for us, so it came to be. He
restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
Gen 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Yosĕph, and they hurriedly brought
him out of the dungeon. And he shaved and changed his garments, and came
to Pharaoh.
Gen 41:15 And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there
is no one to interpret it. Now I myself have heard it said of you that you
understand a dream, to interpret it.”
Gen 41:16 And Yosĕph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me, let
Elohim answer Pharaoh with peace.”
Gen 41:17 And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “See, in my dream I stood on the
bank of the river
Gen 41:18 and saw seven cows coming up out of the river, fine looking and
fat, and they fed amongst the reeds,
Gen 41:19 then saw seven other cows coming up after them, poor and very
ugly and lean of flesh, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of
Mitsrayim.
Gen 41:20 “And the lean of flesh and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat
cows.
Gen 41:21 “Yet when they had eaten them up, no one would have known that
they had eaten them, for they were as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke.
Gen 41:22 “Also, I looked in my dream and saw seven heads coming up on
one stalk, complete and good,
Gen 41:23 then saw seven heads, withered, lean, scorched by the east wind,
coming up after them.
Gen 41:24 “And the lean heads swallowed the seven good heads. And I
spoke to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
Gen 41:25 And Yosĕph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one.
Elohim has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do:
Gen 41:26 “The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads
are seven years – it is one dream.
Gen 41:27 “And the seven lean and ugly cows which came up after them are
seven years, and the seven empty heads scorched by the east wind are seven
years of scarcity of food.
Gen 41:28 “This is the word which I spoke to Pharaoh: Elohim has shown
Pharaoh what He is about to do.
Gen 41:29 “See, seven years of great plenty are coming in all the land of
Mitsrayim,
Gen 41:30 but after them seven years of scarcity of food shall arise and all
the plenty be forgotten in the land of Mitsrayim. And the scarcity of food
shall destroy the land,
Gen 41:31 and the plenty shall not be remembered in the land, because of the
scarcity of food following, for it is very severe.
Gen 41:32 “And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the word
is established by Elohim, and Elohim is hastening to do it.
Gen 41:33 “And now, let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man, and
set him over the land of Mitsrayim.
Gen 41:34 “Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land,
to take up one-fifth of the land of Mitsrayim in the seven years of plenty.
Gen 41:35 “And let them gather all the food of those good years that are
coming, and store up grain under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food
in the cities.
Gen 41:36 “And the food shall be for a store for the land for the seven years
of scarcity of food which shall be in the land of Mitsrayim, and do not let the
land be cut off by the scarcity of food.”
Gen 41:37 And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of
all his servants.
Gen 41:38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Could we find another like
him, a man in whom is the Spirit of Elohim?”
Gen 41:39 Then Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “Since Elohim has shown you all
this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
Gen 41:40 “Be over my house, you yourself, and at your mouth all my
people shall kiss – only in the throne I am greater than you.”
Gen 41:41 And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “See, I have set you over all the
land of Mitsrayim.”
Gen 41:42 And Pharaoh took his seal-ring off his hand and put it on
Yosĕph’s hand. And he dressed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold
chain around his neck.
Gen 41:43 And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had. And they
cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” And he set him over all the land of
Mitsrayim.
Gen 41:44 And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “I am Pharaoh, and without a word
from you let no man lift his hand or foot in all the land of Mitsrayim.”
Gen 41:45 And Pharaoh called Yosĕph’s name Zaphnath-Pa‛nĕaḥ. And he
gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. And
Yosĕph went out over all the land of Mitsrayim.
Gen 41:46 Now Yosĕph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh
sovereign of Mitsrayim. And Yosĕph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,
and went throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.
Gen 41:47 And in the seven years of plenty the ground brought forth
generously.
Gen 41:48 And he gathered all the food of the seven years which were in the
land of Mitsrayim, and laid up the food in the cities. He laid up in every city
the food of the fields which surrounded them.
Gen 41:49 Thus Yosĕph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea,
until he ceased counting, for it was without number.
Gen 41:50 And to Yosĕph were born two sons before the years of scarcity of
food came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to
him.
Gen 41:51 And Yosĕph called the name of the first-born Menashsheh, “For
Elohim has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.”
Gen 41:52 And the name of the second he called Ephrayim, “For Elohim has
caused me to bear fruit in the land of my affliction.”
Gen 41:53 And the seven years of plenty which were in the land of
Mitsrayim came to an end,
Gen 41:54 and the seven years of scarcity of food began to come, as Yosĕph
had said. And the scarcity of food was in all lands, but in all the land of
Mitsrayim there was bread.
Gen 41:55 But when all the land of Mitsrayim hungered, and the people
cried to Pharaoh for bread, Pharaoh said to all the Mitsrites, “Go to Yosĕph,
do whatever he says to you.”
Gen 41:56 And the scarcity of food was over all the face of the earth, and
Yosĕph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Mitsrites. And the scarcity
of food was severe in the land of Mitsrayim.
Gen 41:57 And all the earth came to Yosĕph in Mitsrayim to buy grain,
because the scarcity of food was severe in all the earth.