Gênesis 41:19-51
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After them, seven other cows came up - scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt.
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The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first.
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But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.
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"In my dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk.
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After them, seven other heads sprouted - withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.
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The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me."
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Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
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The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream.
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The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.
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"It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
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Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
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but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.
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The abundance in the land will not be remembered, because the famine that follows it will be so severe.
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The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon.
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"And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.
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Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
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They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, to be kept in the cities for food.
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This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the country may not be ruined by the famine."
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The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials.
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So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God Or [of the gods] ?"
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.
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You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you."
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So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt."
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Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.
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He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command, Or [in the chariot of his second-in-command]; or [in his second chariot] and people shouted before him, "Make way Or [Bow down] !" Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt."
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Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, That is, Heliopolis; also in verse 50 to be his wife. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.
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Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh's presence and traveled throughout Egypt.
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During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully.
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Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it.
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Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.
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Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
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Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh [Manasseh] sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for [forget.] and said, "It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household."
ASV
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and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
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and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
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and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
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And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good:
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and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, [and] blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
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and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
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And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh.
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The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
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And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.
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That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh.
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Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
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and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
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and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.
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And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
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Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
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Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
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And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
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And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
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And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
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And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:
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thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
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And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
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and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
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And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
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And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
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And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
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And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
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And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.
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And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bare unto him.
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And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, [said he], God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.