Revised Version 1895

Genesis 41:1-28

1And itcameH1961topassH1961at theendמִקֵּ֖ץmi.KetzH7093of twofullיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117yearsשְׁנָתַ֣יִםshe.na.Ta.yimH8141, thatPharaohוּפַרְעֹ֣הu.far.'OhH6547dreamedחֹלֵ֔םcho.LemH2492: and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֖הve.hi.NehH2009, hestoodעֹמֵ֥ד'o.MedH5975by theriverהַיְאֹֽר׃hay.'OrH2975.

2And,beholdוְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.NehH2009, therecameH5927upH5927outמִן־min-H4480of theriverהַיְאֹ֗רhay.'OrH2975sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651kine, well favoured and fatfleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

3And,beholdוְהִנֵּ֞הve.hi.NehH2009,sevenשֶׁ֧בַעShe.va'H7651otherH312kinecameH5927upH5927afterאַחֲרֵיהֶן֙'a.cha.rei.HenH310themoutמִן־min-H4480of theriverהַיְאֹ֔רhay.'OrH2975, ill favoured and leanfleshed; andstoodוַֽתַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָהva.ta.'a.Mo.de.nahH5975by theotherH312kineuponעַל־'al-H5921the brink of theriverהַיְאֹֽר׃hay.'OrH2975.

4And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine dideatוַתֹּאכַ֣לְנָהva.to.Khal.nahH398upH853thesevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651well favoured andfatוְהַבְּרִיאֹ֑תve.ha.be.ri.'OtH1277kine.SoH853Pharaohפַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhH6547awokeוַיִּיקַ֖ץvai.yi.KatzH3364.

5And hesleptוַיִּישָׁ֕ןvai.yi.ShanH3462anddreamedוַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖םvai.ya.cha.LomH2492asecondשֵׁנִ֑יתshe.NitH8145time: and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ve.hi.NehH2009,sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651earsשִׁבֳּלִ֗יםshi.bo.LimH7641of corncameH5927upH5927upon onestalkבְּקָנֶ֥הbe.ka.NehH7070, rank andgoodוְטֹבֽוֹת׃ve.to.VotH2896.

6And,beholdוְהִנֵּה֙ve.hi.NehH2009,sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651earsשִׁבֳּלִ֔יםshi.bo.LimH7641,thinדַּקּ֖וֹתda.KotH1851and blasted with theeastקָדִ֑יםka.DimH6921windH6921,sprungH6779upH6779afterאַחֲרֵיהֶֽן׃'a.cha.rei.HenH310them.

7And thethinהַדַּקּ֔וֹתha.da.KotH1851earsהַשִּׁבֳּלִ֣יםha.shi.bo.LimH7641swallowedוַתִּבְלַ֙עְנָה֙va.tiv.La'.nahH1104upH1104thesevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651rank andfullוְהַמְּלֵא֑וֹתve.ha.me.le.'otH4392earsהַֽשִּׁבֳּלִ֔יםha.shi.bo.LimH7641. AndPharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547awokeוַיִּיקַ֥ץvai.yi.KatzH3364, and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009, it was adreamחֲלֽוֹם׃cha.LomH2472.

8And itcameH1961topassH1961in themorningבַבֹּ֙קֶר֙va.Bo.kerH1242that hisspiritרוּח֔וֹru.ChoH7307wastroubledוַתִּפָּ֣עֶםva.ti.Pa.'emH6470; and hesentוַיִּשְׁלַ֗חvai.yish.LachH7971andcalledוַיִּקְרָ֛אvai.yik.Ra'H7121forallכָּל־kol-H3605themagiciansחַרְטֻמֵּ֥יchar.tu.MeiH2748ofEgyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, andallכָּל־kol-H3605thewiseחֲכָמֶ֑יהָcha.kha.Mei.haH2450menH2450thereof: andPharaohפַּרְעֹ֤הpar.'OhH6547toldוַיְסַפֵּ֨רvay.sa.PerH5608them hisdreamחֲלֹמ֔וֹcha.lo.MoH2472; but there wasnoneוְאֵין־ve.'ein-H369that couldinterpretפּוֹתֵ֥רpo.TerH6622them untoPharaohלְפַרְעֹֽה׃le.far.'OhH6547.

9Then spake thechiefשַׂ֣רsarH8269butler untoPharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Idoאֲנִ֖י'a.NiH589rememberמַזְכִּ֥ירmaz.KirH2142my faults thisdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117:

10Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547was wroth with hisservantsעֲבָדָ֑יו'a.va.DavH5650, andputוַיִּתֵּ֨ןvai.yi.TenH5414meH5414in ward in thehouseבֵּ֚יתbeitH1004of thecaptainשַׂ֣רsarH8269of theguardהַטַּבָּחִ֔יםha.ta.ba.ChimH2876,meH5414and thechiefשַׂ֥רsarH8269bakerהָאֹפִֽים׃ha.'o.FimH644:

11andweH589dreamedוַנַּֽחַלְמָ֥הva.na.chal.MahH2492adreamחֲל֛וֹםcha.LomH2472in onenightבְּלַ֥יְלָהbe.Lay.lahH3915, I and he;weH589dreamedחָלָֽמְנוּ׃cha.La.me.nuH2492eachH376manH376accordingH376to theinterpretationכְּפִתְר֥וֹןke.fit.RonH6623of hisdreamחֲלֹמ֖וֹcha.lo.MoH2472.

12And there was withusH5608there ayoungנַ֣עַרNa.'arH5288manH376, anHebrewעִבְרִ֗י'iv.RiH5680,servantעֶ֚בֶד'E.vedH5650to thecaptainלְשַׂ֣רle.SarH8269of theguardהַטַּבָּחִ֔יםha.ta.ba.ChimH2876; andweוְשָׁ֨םve.ShamH8033toldH5608him, and heinterpretedוַיִּפְתָּר־vai.yif.tor-H6622tousH5608ourdreamsחֲלֹמֹתֵ֑ינוּcha.lo.mo.Tei.nuH2472; toeachH376manH376accordingH376to hisdreamכַּחֲלֹמ֖וֹka.cha.lo.MoH2472hedidH376interpretפָּתָֽר׃pa.TarH6622.

13And itcameוַיְהִ֛יvay.HiH1961topassהָיָ֑הha.YahH1961, as heinterpretedפָּֽתַר־pa.tar-H6622tousעַל־'al-H5921,soכֵּ֣ןkenH3651it was;meH7725herestoredH7725unto mine office, and him hehangedתָלָֽה׃ta.LahH8518.

14ThenPharaohפַּרְעֹה֙par.'OhH6547sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.LachH7971andcalledוַיִּקְרָ֣אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130, and theybroughtH935him hastilyoutמִן־min-H4480of the dungeon: and heshavedוַיְגַלַּח֙vay.ga.LachH1548himselfאֶל־'el-H413, andchangedוַיְחַלֵּ֣ףvay.cha.LefH2498his raiment, andcameH935in untoPharaohפַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhH6547.

15AndPharaohפַּרְעֹה֙par.'OhH6547saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130, I havedreamedחָלַ֔מְתִּיcha.Lam.tiH2492adreamחֲל֣וֹםcha.LomH2472, and there isnoneH369thatcanH369interpretוּפֹתֵ֖רu.fo.TerH6622it: and I haveheardH8085sayלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559of thee, that when thou hearest adreamחֲל֖וֹםcha.LomH2472thou canstinterpretלִפְתֹּ֥רlif.TorH6622it.

16AndJosephיוֹסֵ֧ףyo.SefH3130answeredH559Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֛הpar.'OhH6547,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559, It is not inmeH6030:Godאֱלֹהִ֕ים'E.lo.HimH430shallgiveH6030Pharaohפַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhH6547ananswerH6030ofpeaceשְׁל֥וֹםshe.LomH7965.

17AndPharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547spake untoJosephיוֹסֵ֑ףyo.SefH3130, In mydreamבַּחֲלֹמִ֕יba.cha.lo.MiH2472,beholdהִנְנִ֥יhi.NiH2005, Istoodעֹמֵ֖ד'o.MedH5975uponעַל־'al-H5921the brink of theriverהַיְאֹֽר׃hay.'OrH2975:

18and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.NehH2009, therecameH5927upH5927outמִן־min-H4480of theriverהַיְאֹ֗רhay.'OrH2975sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in the reed-grass:

19and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֞הve.hi.NehH2009,sevenשֶֽׁבַע־she.va'-H7651otherאֲחֵרוֹת֙'a.che.roTH312kinecameH5927upH5927afterאַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן'a.cha.rei.HenH310them, poor andveryמְאֹ֖דme.'OdH3966ill favoured and leanfleshed,suchH3605as Ineverלֹֽא־lo'-H3808sawרָאִ֧יתִיra.'I.tiH7200inallH3605thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714for badness:

20and theleanהָרַקּ֖וֹתha.ra.KotH7534and ill favoured kine dideatוַתֹּאכַ֙לְנָה֙va.to.Khal.nahH398upאֵ֣ת'etH853thefirstהָרִאשֹׁנ֖וֹתha.ri.sho.NotH7223sevenשֶׁ֧בַעShe.va'H7651fatהַבְּרִיאֹֽת׃ha.be.ri.'OtH1277kine:

21and when they had eaten themupH935, it couldnotH3808beknownנוֹדַע֙no.Da'H3045that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at thebeginningבַּתְּחִלָּ֑הba.te.chi.LahH8462.SoH3808Iawokeוָאִיקָֽץ׃va.'i.KatzH3364.

22And IsawH7200in mydreamבַּחֲלֹמִ֑יba.cha.lo.MiH2472, and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ve.hi.NehH2009,sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651earsשִׁבֳּלִ֗יםshi.bo.LimH7641cameH5927upH5927uponH7200onestalkבְּקָנֶ֥הbe.ka.NehH7070,fullמְלֵאֹ֥תme.le.'OtH4392andgoodוְטֹבֽוֹת׃ve.to.VotH2896:

23and,beholdוְהִנֵּה֙ve.hi.NehH2009,sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651earsשִׁבֳּלִ֔יםshi.bo.LimH7641,witheredצְנֻמ֥וֹתtze.nu.MotH6798,thinדַּקּ֖וֹתda.KotH1851, and blasted with theeastקָדִ֑יםka.DimH6921windH6921,sprungH6779upH6779afterאַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃'a.cha.rei.HemH310them:

24and thethinהַדַּקֹּ֔תha.da.KotH1851earsהָשִׁבֳּלִ֣יםha.shi.bo.LimH7641swallowedוַתִּבְלַ֙עְןָ֙va.tiv.La'.naH1104upH1104thesevenשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7651goodהַטֹּב֑וֹתha.to.VotH2896earsהַֽשִׁבֳּלִ֖יםha.shi.bo.LimH7641: and ItoldH5046it unto themagiciansהַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֔יםha.char.tu.MimH2748; but there wasnoneוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369that coulddeclareH5046it tomeאֶל־'el-H413.

25AndJosephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoPharaohפַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhH6547, Thedreamחֲל֥וֹםcha.LomH2472ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֖הpar.'OhH6547is one:whatאֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.SherH834Godהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430isaboutאֶל־'el-H413todoעֹשֶׂ֖ה'o.SehH6213he hathdeclaredהִגִּ֥ידhi.GidH5046untoPharaohלְפַרְעֹֽה׃le.far.'OhH6547.

26Thesevenשֶׁ֧בַעShe.va'H7651goodהַטֹּבֹ֗תha.to.VotH2896kine aresevenשֶׁ֤בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִים֙sha.NimH8141; and thesevenוְשֶׁ֤בַעve.She.va'H7651goodהַטֹּבֹ֔תha.to.VotH2896earsהַֽשִּׁבֳּלִים֙ha.shi.bo.LimH7641aresevenשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141: thedreamחֲל֖וֹםcha.LomH2472is one.

27And thesevenוְשֶׁ֣בַעve.She.va'H7651leanהָֽרַקּ֨וֹתha.ra.KotH7534and ill favoured kine thatcameיִהְי֕וּyih.YuH1961upהָעֹלֹ֣תha.'o.LotH5927afterאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ן'a.cha.rei.HenH310them aresevenשֶׁ֤בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִים֙sha.NimH8141, and also thesevenוְשֶׁ֤בַעve.She.va'H7651emptyהָרֵק֔וֹתha.re.KotH7386earsהַֽשִׁבֳּלִים֙ha.shi.bo.LimH7641blasted with theeastהַקָּדִ֑יםha.ka.DimH6921windH6921; they shall besevenשֶׁ֖בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשְׁנֵ֥יshe.NeiH8141offamineרָעָֽב׃ra.'AvH7458.

28That is thethingהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834I spake untoPharaohפַּרְעֹ֑הpar.'OhH6547:whatאֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.SherH834Godהָאֱלֹהִ֛יםha.'E.lo.HimH430isaboutאֶל־'el-H413todoעֹשֶׂ֖ה'o.SehH6213he hath shewed untoPharaohפַּרְעֹֽה׃par.'OhH6547.

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