New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 41:2-18

2And lo, from the Nile there came up seven cows, sleek and 1fat; and they grazed in the 2marsh grass. 3Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and 3gaunt, and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile. 4The ugly and 4gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke. 5He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good. 6Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them. 7The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. 8Now in the morning 5his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the 6 7magicians of Egypt, and all its 8wise men. And Pharaoh told them his 9dreams, but 10there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

9Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I would make mention today of 11my own 12offenses. 10Pharaoh was 13furious with his servants, and 14he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, both me and the chief baker. 11 15We had a dream 16on the same night, 17he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. 12Now a Hebrew youth was with us there, a 18servant of the captain of the bodyguard, and we related them to him, and 19he interpreted our dreams for us. To each one he interpreted according to his own dream. 13And just 20as he interpreted for us, so it happened; he restored me in my 21office, but he hanged him.”

14Then Pharaoh sent and 22called for Joseph, and they 23hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh. 15Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, 24but no one can interpret it; and 25I have heard 26it said about you, that 27when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” 16Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, “28 29It is not in me; 30God will 31give Pharaoh a favorable answer.” 17So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile; 18and behold, seven cows, 32fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass.

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Notes

1. Genesis 41:2 Lit fat of flesh ↩
2. Genesis 41:2 Job 8:11; Is 19:6, 7 ↩
3. Genesis 41:3 Lit lean of flesh ↩
4. Genesis 41:4 Lit lean of flesh ↩
5. Genesis 41:8 Dan 2:1, 3 ↩
6. Genesis 41:8 Or soothsayer priests ↩
7. Genesis 41:8 Ex 7:11, 22; Dan 1:20; 2:2 ↩
8. Genesis 41:8 Matt 2:1 ↩
9. Genesis 41:8 Lit dream ↩
10. Genesis 41:8 Dan 2:27; 4:7 ↩
11. Genesis 41:9 Gen 40:14, 23 ↩
12. Genesis 41:9 Or sins ↩
13. Genesis 41:10 Gen 40:2, 3 ↩
14. Genesis 41:10 Gen 39:20 ↩
15. Genesis 41:11 Gen 40:5 ↩
16. Genesis 41:11 Lit one night ↩
17. Genesis 41:11 Lit I and he ↩
18. Genesis 41:12 Gen 37:36 ↩
19. Genesis 41:12 Gen 40:12 ↩
20. Genesis 41:13 Gen 40:21, 22 ↩
21. Genesis 41:13 Lit place ↩
22. Genesis 41:14 Ps 105:20 ↩
23. Genesis 41:14 Dan 2:25 ↩
24. Genesis 41:15 Gen 41:8 ↩
25. Genesis 41:15 Dan 5:16 ↩
26. Genesis 41:15 Lit about you, saying ↩
27. Genesis 41:15 Lit you hear a dream to interpret it ↩
28. Genesis 41:16 Lit Apart from me ↩
29. Genesis 41:16 Dan 2:30; Zech 4:6; Acts 3:12; 2 Cor 3:5 ↩
30. Genesis 41:16 Gen 40:8; 41:25, 28, 32; Deut 29:29; Dan 2:22, 28, 47 ↩
31. Genesis 41:16 Lit answer the peace of Pharaoh ↩
32. Genesis 41:18 Lit fat of flesh ↩

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