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Pharaoh's
Dream |
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Genesis 41:1
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Now it happened at the end of two full years
that Pharaoh had a dream, and behold, he was standing by the Nile. |
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Genesis 41:2
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And lo, from the Nile there came up seven cows,
sleek and fat; and they grazed in the marsh grass. |
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Genesis 41:3
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Then behold, seven other cows came up after
them from the Nile, ugly and gaunt, and they stood by the other cows on the bank
of the Nile. |
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Genesis 41:4
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The ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek
and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke. |
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Genesis 41:5
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He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and
behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good. |
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Genesis 41:6
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Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by
the east wind, sprouted up after them. |
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Genesis 41:7
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The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and
full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. |
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Genesis 41:8
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Now in the morning his spirit was troubled,
so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And
Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to
Pharaoh. |
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Genesis 41:9
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Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying,
"I would make mention today of my own offenses. |
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Genesis 41:10
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"Pharaoh was furious with his servants, and
he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, both me
and the chief baker. |
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Genesis 41:11
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"We had a dream on the same night, he and I;
each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. |
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Genesis 41:12
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"Now a Hebrew youth was with us there, a servant
of the captain of the bodyguard, and we related them to him, and he interpreted
our dreams for us. To each one he interpreted according to his own dream. |
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Genesis 41:13
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"And just as he interpreted for us, so it happened;
he restored me in my office, but he hanged him." |
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Joseph
Interprets |
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Genesis 41:14
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Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and
they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself
and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh. |
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Genesis 41:15
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream,
but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you
hear a dream you can interpret it." |
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Genesis 41:16
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Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is
not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer." |
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Genesis 41:17
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So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold,
I was standing on the bank of the Nile; |
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Genesis 41:18
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and behold, seven cows, fat and sleek came up
out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass. |
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Genesis 41:19
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"Lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor
and very ugly and gaunt, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land
of Egypt; |
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Genesis 41:20
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and the lean and ugly cows ate up the first
seven fat cows. |
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Genesis 41:21
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"Yet when they had devoured them, it could not
be detected that they had devoured them, for they were just as ugly as before.
Then I awoke. |
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Genesis 41:22
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"I saw also in my dream, and behold, seven ears,
full and good, came up on a single stalk; |
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Genesis 41:23
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and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched
by the east wind, sprouted up after them; |
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Genesis 41:24
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and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears.
Then I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to
me." |
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Genesis 41:25
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Now Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams
are one and the same; God has told to Pharaoh what He is about to do. |
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Genesis 41:26
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"The seven good cows are seven years; and the
seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one and the same. |
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Genesis 41:27
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"The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after
them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind will be
seven years of famine. |
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Genesis 41:28
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"It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has
shown to Pharaoh what He is about to do. |
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Genesis 41:29
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"Behold, seven years of great abundance are
coming in all the land of Egypt; |
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Genesis 41:30
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and after them seven years of famine will come,
and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will
ravage the land. |
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Genesis 41:31
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"So the abundance will be unknown in the land
because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very severe. |
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Genesis 41:32
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"Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh
twice, it means that the matter is determined by God, and God will quickly bring
it about. |
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Genesis 41:33
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"Now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and
wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. |
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Genesis 41:34
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"Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers
in charge of the land, and let him exact a fifth of the produce of the land of
Egypt in the seven years of abundance. |
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Genesis 41:35
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"Then let them gather all the food of these
good years that are coming, and store up the grain for food in the cities under
Pharaoh's authority, and let them guard it. |
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Genesis 41:36
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"Let the food become as a reserve for the land
for the seven years of famine which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the
land will not perish during the famine." |
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Genesis 41:37
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Now the proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and
to all his servants. |
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Joseph
Is Made a Ruler of Egypt |
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Genesis 41:38
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Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find
a man like this, in whom is a divine spirit?" |
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Genesis 41:39
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So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has informed
you of all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you are. |
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Genesis 41:40
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"You shall be over my house, and according to
your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I will be greater
than you." |
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Genesis 41:41
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you
over all the land of Egypt." |
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Genesis 41:42
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Then Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his
hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and
put the gold necklace around his neck. |
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Genesis 41:43
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He had him ride in his second chariot; and they
proclaimed before him, "Bow the knee!" And he set him over all the land of Egypt.
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Genesis 41:44
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Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Though I
am Pharaoh, yet without your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in
all the land of Egypt." |
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Genesis 41:45
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Then Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath-paneah;
and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as his wife.
And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt. |
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Genesis 41:46
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Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood
before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh
and went through all the land of Egypt. |
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Genesis 41:47
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During the seven years of plenty the land brought
forth abundantly. |
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Genesis 41:48
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So he gathered all the food of these seven years
which occurred in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed
in every city the food from its own surrounding fields. |
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Genesis 41:49
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Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance
like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure. |
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The
Sons of Joseph |
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Genesis 41:50
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Now before the year of famine came, two sons
were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore
to him. |
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Genesis 41:51
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Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For,"
he said, "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."
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Genesis 41:52
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He named the second Ephraim, "For," he said,
"God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction." |
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Genesis 41:53
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When the seven years of plenty which had been
in the land of Egypt came to an end, |
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Genesis 41:54
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and the seven years of famine began to come,
just as Joseph had said, then there was famine in all the lands, but in all the
land of Egypt there was bread. |
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Genesis 41:55
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So when all the land of Egypt was famished,
the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians,
"Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do." |
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Genesis 41:56
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When the famine was spread over all the face
of the earth, then Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians;
and the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. |
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Genesis 41:57
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The people of all the earth came to Egypt to
buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth. |
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