And it came to pass at the end of two full years , that Pharaoh dreamed; and, behold, he stood by the river.
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-looking and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.
And, 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.
And the ill-looking and lean-fleshed ate up the seven well-looking and fat kine. And Pharaoh awoke.
And he slept and dreamed a second time; and, behold, seven ears of corn came up on one stalk, fat and good.
And, behold, seven ears, thin and parched with the east wind, came up after them.
And the thin ears swallowed up the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, [it was] a dream.
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.
And the chief-butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I remember my faults this day.
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, me and the chief-baker.
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
And [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.
And it came to pass, as he interpreted, so it was: me he restored to mine office, and him he hanged.
Then 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.
And 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.
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of a river.
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine fat-fleshed and fine-looking, and they fed in the reed grass.
And, 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.
And the lean and ill-looking kine ate up the first seven fat kine;
and 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.
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good.
And, behold, seven ears withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them;
and 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.
And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh [is] one. What God is about to do he hath declared to Pharaoh.
The seven good kine [are] seven years; and the seven good ears [are] seven years: the dream [is] one.
And 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.
This [is] the word which I have spoken to Pharaoh: what God is about to do he letteth Pharaoh see.
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
And 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.
And the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine that followeth; for it [will be] very grievous.
And 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.
And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Let 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;
and 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].
And 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.
And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
And Pharaoh said to his servants, shall we find [one] as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, since God has made all this known to thee, there is none discreet and wise as thou.
Thou 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.
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
And 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.
And 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.
And 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.
And 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.
And 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.
And in the seven years of plenty the land produced by handfuls.
And 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.
And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for [it was] without number.
And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera the priest of On bore to him.
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh (for God made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house).
And the name of the second he called Ephraim (for God caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction).
And the seven years of plenty that were in the land of Egypt were ended;
and 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.
And 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.
And 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.
And the whole earth came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy, because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.