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And at the end of
1two full years Pharaoh had a dream, and
athere he was, standing by the
2River.
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And there came up out of the River seven cows, fine-looking and fat-fleshed; and they grazed in the reed grass.
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Then there came up after them seven other cows out of the River, ugly-looking and thin-fleshed; and they stood beside the
other cows on the bank of the River.
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And the ugly-looking and thin-fleshed cows ate up the seven fine-looking and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.
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And he slept and dreamed a second time. And there were seven ears of grain, coming up on one stalk, fat and good.
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Then there were seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, that sprouted after them.
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And the thin ears swallowed up the seven fat and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and it was a dream.
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And in the morning his
aspirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the
bmagicians of Egypt and all its wise men; and Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
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Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my sins today.
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Pharaoh was
aangry with his servants, and he put me in custody at the house of the
bcaptain of the guard,
both me and the chief baker.
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And we
both had a
adream in one night, I and he; each of us had a dream with its own interpretation.
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And a young Hebrew man was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. And we told him our dreams, and he
ainterpreted them for us; to each one he interpreted according to his dream.
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And as he interpreted to us, so it happened;
1Pharaoh arestored me to my office, and he hanged the
2baker.
g.
Being resurrected from the prison of death
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Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they brought him hastily
aout of the
1dungeon; and he had shaved himself and changed his garments, and he came to Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, but there is no one who can
ainterpret it; and I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.
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And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not of
ame;
bGod 1will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.
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And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, In my dream,
athere I was, standing on the bank of the River.
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And there came up out of the River seven cows, fat-fleshed and fine-looking; and they grazed in the reed grass.
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Then there came up after them seven other cows, poor and very ugly-looking and thin-fleshed; I had never seen such in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
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And the thin and ugly-
looking cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
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And when they had swallowed them, no one would have known that they had swallowed them, for they were still as ugly-looking as at the beginning. Then I awoke.
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And I saw
this in my dream: There were seven ears of grain, coming up on one stalk, full and good.
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Then there were seven ears, withered, thin,
and scorched by the east wind, that sprouted after them.
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And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told
it to the
amagicians, but there was no one who could explain
it to me.
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Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, Pharaoh’s dream is one
dream;
awhat God is about to do He has told Pharaoh.
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The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream is one.
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And the seven thin and ugly-
looking cows that came up after them are seven years, and
so are the seven empty ears scorched by the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
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This matter is just as I have spoken to Pharaoh;
awhat God is about to do He has shown to Pharaoh.
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Seven years of great
aabundance are now about to come throughout all the land of Egypt.
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Then seven years of
afamine will arise after them, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will consume the land.
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And the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that famine which follows, for it will be very severe.
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And 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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Now therefore let Pharaoh look out for a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
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Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth
of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.
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And let them
agather all the food of these coming good years and lay up grain under Pharaoh’s authority for food in the cities, and let them keep
it.
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And let the food become a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that will be in the land of Egypt, so that the land does not perish in the famine.
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And the word seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
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And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a man like this, in whom the
aSpirit of God is?
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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God let you know all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
h.
Being enthroned with authority and receiving glory and gifts
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You shall be
1aover my household, and according to your word all my people shall be ruled; only in the throne will I be greater than you.
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you
aover all the land of Egypt.
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And Pharaoh took off his
1signet ring from his hand and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and clothed him in
1garments of fine linen, and put a
1gold chain around his neck.
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And he made him ride in the chariot of his second-
in-command, and they cried out before him, Bow the knee! And he set him over all the land of Egypt.
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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, yet without your consent no man will lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
i.
Becoming the savior of the world, the sustainer of life (the revealer of secrets)
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And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name
1Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him
2Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as his wife. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
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Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and passed through all the land of Egypt.
j.
Supplying people with food
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And in the seven years of abundance the earth produced copiously.
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And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which came upon the land of Egypt and put the food in the cities; he placed the food from the surrounding fields within each city.
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And Joseph stored grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea until he stopped measuring
it; for it was beyond measure.
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And 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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And Joseph called the name of the firstborn
1aManasseh, for,
he said, God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.
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And he called the name of the second
1Ephraim, for,
he said, God has made me
afruitful in the land of my affliction.
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And the seven years of plenty that came upon the land of Egypt came to an end.
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And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. And there was
afamine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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So when
aall the land of Egypt became hungry, 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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And when the famine was over
1all the face of the earth, Joseph opened
2all the storehouses of grain and
asold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.
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And all the earth came to Joseph in Egypt to
abuy grain, because the
bfamine was severe in all the earth.
