Gen. 40:1‑41:57• 1And it came to pass after these things, the cup-bearer of the king of Egypt, and the baker, offended their lord the king of Egypt.
2And Pharaoh was wroth with his two chamberlains, with the chief of the cup-bearers and with the chief of the bakers;
3and he put them in custody, in the captain of the life-guard's house, into the tower-house, the place where Joseph [was] imprisoned.
4And the captain of the life-guard appointed Joseph to them, and he served them; and they continued for days in custody.
5And they dreamed a dream, both of them in one night, each his dream, each according to his dream's interpretation, the cup-bearer and the baker of the king of Egypt that [were] imprisoned in the tower-house.
6And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked on them, and, behold, they [were] sad.
7And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that [were] with him in his lord's house of custody, saying, Why [are] your faces sad today?
8{i}And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me your dreams, I pray you{/i}.
9And the chief of the cup-bearers told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine [was] before me;
10and in the vine [were] three branches; and it [was] as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, its clusters ripened into grapes.
11And Pharaoh's cup [was] in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
12And Joseph said to him, This [is] the interpretation of it: the three branches [are] three days.
13Within yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee to thy place; and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his cup-bearer.
14Only have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and deal kindly with me, I pray thee, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.
15For indeed I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
16And when the chief of the bakers saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also [was] in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread [were] on my head.
17And in the uppermost basket [there was] all manner of victuals for Pharaoh that the bakers make, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.
18And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the interpretation of it: the three baskets [are] three days.
19In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee upon a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.
20And it came to pass the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast to all his bondmen. And he lifted up the head of the chief of the cup-bearers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his bondmen.
21And he restored the chief of the cup-bearers to his office of cup-bearer again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
22And he hanged the chief of the bakers, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23Yet the chief of the cup-bearers did not remember Joseph but forgot him.
1And it came to pass at the end of two full years , that Pharaoh dreamed; and, behold, he stood by the river.
2And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-looking and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.
3And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-looking and lean-fleshed; and they stood by the kine on the bank of the river.
4And the ill-looking and lean-fleshed ate up the seven well-looking and fat kine. And Pharaoh awoke.
5And he slept and dreamed a second time; and, behold, seven ears of corn came up on one stalk, fat and good.
6And, behold, seven ears, thin and parched with the east wind, came up after them.
7And the thin ears swallowed up the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, [it was] a dream.
8{i}And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the scribes of Egypt, and all the sages who were therein, and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none to interpret them to Pharaoh{/i}.
9And the chief-butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I remember my faults this day.
10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, me and the chief-baker.
11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12And [there was] with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant of the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he interpreted.
13And it came to pass, as he interpreted, so it was: me he restored to mine office, and him he hanged.
14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they hastened his exit [made him run] out of the dungeon; and he shaved, and changed his raiment, and came in to Pharaoh.
15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and [there is] none to interpret it. And I have heard say of thee, thou understandest a dream to interpret it.
16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of a river.
18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine fat-fleshed and fine-looking, and they fed in the reed grass.
19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very ill-looking, and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.
20And the lean and ill-looking kine ate up the first seven fat kine;
21and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had come into their belly, and their look was as at the beginning. And I awoke.
22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good.
23And, behold, seven ears withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them;
24and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told [it] to the scribes; but [there was] none that could declare it to me.
25And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh [is] one. What God is about to do he hath declared to Pharaoh.
26The seven good kine [are] seven years; and the seven good ears [are] seven years: the dream [is] one.
27And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them [are] seven years; and the seven empty ears parched with the east wind will be seven years of famine.
28This [is] the word which I have spoken to Pharaoh: what God is about to do he letteth Pharaoh see.
29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
30And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will consume the land.
31And the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine that followeth; for it [will be] very grievous.
32And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice, [it is] because the thing [is] established by God, and God will hasten to do it.
33And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34Let Pharaoh do [this]: and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty;
35and let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and keep [it].
36And let the food be a store to the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.
37And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38And Pharaoh said to his servants, shall we find [one] as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?
39And Pharaoh said to Joseph, since God has made all this known to thee, there is none discreet and wise as thou.
40Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people order themselves: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in clothes of byss, and put a gold chain about his neck.
43And he caused him to ride in the second chariot that he had: and they cried before him, Bow the knee! and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
44And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I [am] Pharaoh: and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah, and gave him as wife Asenath, daughter of Potiphera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
46And Joseph [was] thirty years of age when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passed through the whole land of Egypt.
47And in the seven years of plenty the land produced by handfuls.
48And he gathered up all the food of the seven years that were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; the food of the fields of the city which [were] round about it, he laid up in it.
49And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for [it was] without number.
50And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera the priest of On bore to him.
51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh (for God made me forget all my toil and all my father's house).
52And the name of the second he called Ephraim (for God caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction).
53And the seven years of plenty that were in the land of Egypt were ended;
54and the seven years of the famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55And all the land of Egypt was famished; and the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph: what he saith to you, do.
56And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened every storehouse [all in which was grain], and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine was grievous in the land of Egypt.
57And the whole earth came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy, because the famine was grievous on the whole earth. (Gen. 40:1‑41:57)
Dan. 2:1‑49• 1{i}And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.{/i}
2{i}And the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to show the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king.{/i}
3{i}And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.{/i}
4{i}And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live forever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.{/i}
5{i}The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The command is gone forth from me: If ye do not make known unto me the dream, and its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.{/i}
6{i}But if ye show the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour; therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.{/i}
7{i}They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.{/i}
8{i}The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the word is gone forth from me;{/i}
9{i}but if ye do not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me its interpretation.{/i}
10{i}The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean.{/i}
11{i}For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and{/i} there is none other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12{i}For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.{/i}
13{i}And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.{/i}
14{i}Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:{/i}
15{i}he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so rigorous from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.{/i}
16{i}And Daniel went in, and requested of the king that he would give him time, that he might show the king the interpretation.{/i}
17{i}Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;{/i}
18{i}that they would{/i} desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; {i}that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon{/i}.
19Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night-vision. {i}Then Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.{/i}
20{i}Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; For wisdom and might are his.{/i}
21{i}And it is he that{/i} changeth the times and seasons; He removeth kings and setteth up kings, He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding.
22{i}It is he that revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.{/i}
23{i}I thank thee, and I praise thee, O God of my fathers, Who hast given me wisdom and might, And hast made known unto me already what we desired of thee; For thou hast made known unto us the king's matter.{/i}
24{i}Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him{/i}: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will show unto the king the interpretation.
25{i}Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him{/i}: I have found a man of the captives of; Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
26{i}The king answered and said unto Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream that I have seen, and its interpretation?{/i}
27{i}Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The secret that the king hath demanded cannot{/i} the wise men, astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers, show unto the king;
28but there is a God in heaven, that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. {i}Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these{/i}:
29as for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind, upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
30As for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have, more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33{i}its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.{/i}
34{i}Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.{/i}
35{i}Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.{/i}
36{i}This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.{/i}
37Thou, O king, art a king of kings for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39And after thee shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee; {i}then another third kingdom of brass, which shall{/i} bear rule over all the earth.
40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided. There shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken.
43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: But they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
45{i}Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was{/i} cut out of the mountain without hands, and it break in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, —{i}the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure.{/i}
46{i}Then king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him{/i}.
47{i}The king answered Daniel and said{/i}, Of a truth it is that your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldst reveal this secret.
48{i}Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.{/i}
49{i}And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego over the administration of the province of Babylon. And Daniel was in the gate of the king{/i}. (Dan. 2:1‑49)
Dan. 4:1‑37• 1{i}Nebuchadnezzar the king unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you.{/i}
2{i}It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me.{/i}
3{i}How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.{/i}
4I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace.
5I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed, and the visions of my head, troubled me.
6{i}And I made a decree{/i} to bring in all the wise men of Babylon {i}before me,{/i} that they might make known {i}unto me{/i} the interpretation of the dream{i}.
7{i}Then came in the scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but{/i} they did not make known to me the interpretation thereof.
8But, at the last, Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, {i}and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and before him I told the dream{/i}:
9O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
10{i}Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.{/i}
11{i}The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached unto the heavens, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.{/i}
12{i}Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.{/i}
13{i}I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens;{/i}
14{i}he cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the birds from its branches.{/i}
15{i}Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be bathed with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.{/i}
16{i}Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.{/i}
17{i}This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision by the word of the holy ones: that the living may know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.{/i}
18{i}This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and thou, Belteshazzar, tell the interpretation, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation; but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.{/i}
19{i}Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, nor its interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said{/i}, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
20The tree that thou sawest, which grew and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
21{i}whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and{/i} in it was meat for all: under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
22It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
23And whereas the king saw a watcher, and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, hew the tree down and destroy it. Yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him.
24This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king.
25{i}They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and{/i} they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven; and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.
26{i}And whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom shall remain unto thee, after that thou shalt know that the heavens do rule.{/i}
27{i}Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity{/i}.
28All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
29At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
31While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; the kingdom is departed from thee,
32{i}and they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will{/i}.
33The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen. and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagle's feathers, and his nails like bird's claws.
34And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth forever; whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.
35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
36{i}At the same time mine understanding returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my nobles sought me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added unto me.{/i}
37{i}Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.{/i} (Dan. 4:1‑37)