And it happened at the end of two years of days,b that Pharaoh was dreaming, and behold, he was standing
next to the river.
And behold, out of the river seven cows were coming up, beautiful in appearance and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the sedge.
And behold, seven other cows were coming up
after them out of the river, bad in appearance and thin-fleshed, and stood by the [other] cows on the bank of the river.
And the cows bad in appearance and thin-fleshed devoured the seven cows beautiful
in appearance and fat. And Pharaoh awoke.
And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time, and behold, seven heads of grain were coming up on one stalk, fat and good.
And behold, seven heads,
thin and scorched by an east wind, were sprouting after them.
And the thin heads swallowed up the seven fat and full heads. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
And it happened early
in the morning, that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called all the magi of Egypt, and all its wise men; and Pharaoh told them his dream, and there was no one to interpret them for Pharaoh.
And the chief of the cupbearers spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I remember my sins today.
Pharaoh was incensed with his servants, and put me into custody in the house of the chief of the attendants, me
and the chief of the bakers.
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each according to the interpretation of his own dream.
And a Hebrew boy was there with us, a servant to
the chief of the attendants; and we told him, and he interpreted our dreams for us, to each according to his dream he gave the interpretation.
And it happened, that as he interpreted to us, so it
came about. He restored me to my position, and he hanged him.
And Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they hurried him out of the pit; and he clipped [his hair and beard], and changed his clothes,
and came to Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it; and I have heard about you - it is said that when you hear a dream you can interpret
it.
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not mine; God will give an answer of peace, O Pharaoh.
And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the
river.
And behold, out of the river seven cows were coming up, fat-fleshed and beautiful in form; and they fed in the sedge.
And behold, seven other cows were coming up after them, weak and extremely
bad in form and lean-fleshed; I have not seen any like them in all the land of Egypt for badness.
And the lean and bad cows devoured the first seven fat cows.
And they devoured them completelyc
and no one would have known that they had devoured them completely;d and their appearance was malign, as it had been in the beginning. And I awoke.
And I saw in my dream, and behold,
seven heads of grain were coming up on one stalk, full and good.
And behold, seven heads, dried up, thin, and scorched by an east wind, were sprouting after them.
And the thin heads swallowed
up the seven good heads. And I told it to the magi, and there was no one to point out the meaning to me.
And Joseph said to Pharaoh, Pharaoh's dream, it is one; what God is doing He has pointed
out to Pharaoh.
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; the dream, it is one.
And the seven thin and bad cows coming up after them are seven years;
and the seven empty heads of grain, scorched by an east wind, will be seven years of famine.
This is the word which I have spoken to Pharaoh; what God is doing He has caused Pharaoh to see.
Behold, seven years are coming, [in which there will be] a great abundance of corn in all the land of Egypt.
And seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the abundance of corn in the
land of Egypt will be thrust into oblivion, and the famine will consume the land.
And the abundance of corn in the land will not be known because of the famine from then on, for it will be extremely
severe.
And as for the dream being presentede to Pharaoh twice, this is because the thing is established by God, and God is hastening to do it.
And now let Pharaoh seef a man with
intelligence and wisdom, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him place governors in charge over the land, and let him take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the
seven years of abundance of corn.
And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and let them store up grain under the hand of Pharaoh - food in the cities; and let them
guard it.
And let the food be for a reserve for the land, for the seven years of famine which there will be in the land of Egypt, and the land will not be cut off in the famine.
And the thing
was good in Pharaoh's eyes and in the eyes of all his servants.
And Pharaoh said to his servants, Shall we find a man like this, in whom is the spirit of God?
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, After
God has caused you to know all this, no one has wisdom and intelligence like you.
You shall be over my house, and all my people shall kiss on your mouth; only in the throne will I be great, more
than you.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh took off his ring from upon his hand and put it onto Joseph's hand, and clothed him in robes of
fine linen, and placed a chain of gold onto his neck.
And he made him ride in the second chariot that he had; and they cried out before him, Abrek! and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath Paneah, and gave him Asenath,
the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, for a wife; and Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
And Joseph was a son of thirty years when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and Joseph
came out from before Pharaoh, and went through all the land of Egypt.
And in the seven years of abundance of corn the land yielded bunches.
And he gathered all the food of the seven years which
were in the land of Egypt, and laid upg the food in the cities; the food of the field of a city which was round about it he laid upg in the midst of it.
And Joseph stored up grain like
the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering, because it was beyond number.
And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera
the priest of On, bore to him.
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh - for God has made me forget all my labour and all my father's house.
And the name of the second he called
Ephraim - for God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And the seven years of abundance of corn ended, which was in the land of Egypt.
And the seven years of famine began to come,
even as Joseph had said; and the famine was in all lands, and in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
And all the land of Egypt suffered famine, and the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread.
And Pharaoh said to all Egypt, Go to Joseph; do what he tells you.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the places in which [there was grain] and sold to Egypt.
And the famine was becoming great in the land of Egypt. 57 And all the earth came to Egypt to buy [grain], to Joseph; for the famine became great in all the earth.
Notes
a Volume Five of the Latin, which
begins here, does not have any preliminary sections to chapters.
b i.e. two full years
c lit. they came to their viscera
d lit. it was not known that they had come to their viscera
e
lit. repeated
f i.e. select or look out. See 5286.
g lit. gave
