Genesis 41
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Genesis 41:14-36

14Then PharaohH6547 sentH7971 word and 1calledH7121 for JosephH3130, and they 2hurriedlyH7323 broughtH7323 him out of the dungeonH953; and when he had shavedH1548 himself and changedH2498 his clothesH8071, he cameH935 to PharaohH6547. 15PharaohH6547 saidH559 to JosephH3130, “I have hadH2492 a dreamH2472, 3but noH369 oneH369 can interpretH6622 it; and 4I have heardH8085 5it saidH559 aboutH5921 you, that 6when you hearH8085 a dreamH2472 you can interpretH6622 it.” 16JosephH3130 then answeredH6030 PharaohH6547, sayingH559, “78It has nothingH1107 toH1107 doH1107 withH1107 me; 9GodH430 will 10giveH6030 PharaohH6547 an answerH6030 for his own goodH7965.” 17So PharaohH6547 saidH1696 to JosephH3130, “In my dreamH2472, thereH2009 I was, standingH5975 on the bankH8193 of the NileH2975; 18and beholdH2009, sevenH7651 cowsH6510, 11fatH1277H1320 and fine-lookingH3303H8389 cameH5927 upH5927 out of the NileH2975, and they grazedH7462 in the marshH260 grassH260. 19Then beholdH2009, sevenH7651 otherH312 cowsH6510 cameH5927 upH5927 afterH310 them, poorH1800 and veryH3966 12uglyH7451H8389 and 13thinH7534H1320, suchH2007 as I had neverH3808 seenH7200 for 14uglinessH7455 in allH3605 the landH776 of EgyptH4714; 20and the thinH7534 and uglyH7451 cowsH6510 ateH398 the firstH7223 sevenH7651 fatH1277 cowsH6510. 21Yet when they had 15devouredH935H7130 them, it could not be 16detectedH3045 that they had 17devouredH935H7130 them, 18for they were justH3512 asH3512 uglyH7451 as 19beforeH8462. Then I awokeH3364. 22I sawH7200 also in my dreamH2472, and beholdH2009, sevenH7651 earsH7641 ofH7641 grainH7641, fullH4392 and goodH2896, cameH5927 upH5927 on a singleH259 stalkH7070; 23and beholdH2009, sevenH7651 earsH7641, witheredH6798, thinH1851, and scorchedH7710 by the eastH6921 windH6921 sproutedH6779 upH6779 afterH310 them; 24and the thinH1851 earsH7641 swallowedH1104 the sevenH7651 goodH2896 earsH7641. Then 20I toldH559 it to the soothsayerH2748 priestsH2748, but thereH369 wasH369 noH369 oneH369 who could explainH5046 it to me.”

25And JosephH3130 saidH559 to PharaohH6547, “Pharaoh’sH6547 21dreamsH2472 are oneH259 and the same; 22GodH430 has toldH5046 to PharaohH6547 whatH853H834 He is about to doH6213. 26The sevenH7651 goodH2896 cowsH6510 are sevenH7651 yearsH8141; and the sevenH7651 goodH2896 earsH7641 are sevenH7651 yearsH8141; the 23dreamsH2472 are oneH259 and the same. 27The sevenH7651 thinH7534 and uglyH7451 cowsH6510 that cameH5927 upH5927 afterH310 them are sevenH7651 yearsH8141, and the sevenH7651 thinH7534 earsH7641 scorchedH7710 by the eastH6921 windH6921 24will be sevenH7651 yearsH8141 of famineH7458. 2825It is as I have spokenH1696 to PharaohH6547: 26GodH430 has shownH7200 PharaohH6547 whatH834 He is about to doH6213. 29BeholdH2009, 27sevenH7651 yearsH8141 of greatH1419 abundanceH7647 are comingH935 in allH3605 the landH776 of EgyptH4714; 30and afterH310 them 28sevenH7651 yearsH8141 of famineH7458 will 29comeH6965, and allH3605 the abundanceH7647 will be forgottenH7911 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, and the famineH7458 will 30ravageH3615 the landH776. 31So the abundanceH7647 will beH3045 unknownH3045H3808 in the landH776 becauseH4480H6440 of that subsequentH310 famineH7458; for it will be veryH3966 severeH3515. 32Now as for the repeatingH8138 of the dreamH2472 to PharaohH6547 twiceH6471, it means that 31the matterH1697 is confirmedH3559 by GodH430, and GodH430 will quicklyH4116 bringH6213 it aboutH6213. 33So nowH6258 let PharaohH6547 lookH7200 for a manH376 32discerningH995 and wiseH2450, and appointH7896 him overH5921 the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 34Let PharaohH6547 takeH6213 actionH6213 to appointH6485 overseersH6496 33inH5921 chargeH5921 ofH5921 the landH776, and let him takeH2567 aH2567 fifthH2567 of the produce of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 as a tax in the sevenH7651 yearsH8141 of abundanceH7647. 35Then have them 34collectH6908 allH3605 the foodH3978 of theseH428 goodH2896 yearsH8141 that are comingH935, and storeH6651 upH6651 the grainH1250 for foodH400 in the citiesH5892 underH8478 Pharaoh’sH6547 authorityH3027, and have them guardH8104 it. 36Let the foodH400 be used as a reserveH6487 for the landH776 for the sevenH7651 yearsH8141 of famineH7458 whichH834 will occurH1961 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, so that the landH776 will not perishH3772 during the famineH7458.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 41:14 Ps 105:20 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 41:14 Dan 2:25 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 41:15 Gen 41:8 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 41:15 Dan 5:16 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 41:15 Lit about you, saying ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 41:15 Lit you hear a dream to interpret it ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 41:16 Lit Apart from me ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 41:16 Dan 2:30; Zech 4:6; Acts 3:12; 2 Cor 3:5 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 41:16 Gen 40:8; 41:25, 28, 32; Deut 29:29; Dan 2:22, 28, 47 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 41:16 Lit answer the peace of Pharaoh ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 41:18 Lit fat of flesh ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 41:19 Lit bad ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 41:19 Lit thin of flesh ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 41:19 Lit badness ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 41:21 Lit entered their inward parts ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 41:21 Or known ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 41:21 Lit entered their inward parts ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 41:21 Lit and ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 41:21 Lit in the beginning ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 41:24 Is 8:19; Dan 4:7 ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 41:25 Lit dream is ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 41:25 Gen 41:28, 32; Dan 2:28, 29, 45 ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 41:26 Lit dream is ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 41:27 2 Kin 8:1 ↩
  25. 25. Genesis 41:28 Lit That is the thing which I spoke ↩
  26. 26. Genesis 41:28 Gen 41:25, 32 ↩
  27. 27. Genesis 41:29 Gen 41:47 ↩
  28. 28. Genesis 41:30 Gen 41:54, 56; 47:13; Ps 105:16 ↩
  29. 29. Genesis 41:30 Lit arise ↩
  30. 30. Genesis 41:30 Lit destroy ↩
  31. 31. Genesis 41:32 Gen 41:25, 28 ↩
  32. 32. Genesis 41:33 Gen 41:39 ↩
  33. 33. Genesis 41:34 Lit over ↩
  34. 34. Genesis 41:35 Gen 41:48 ↩

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