✧And 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 well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. ✧3And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the [other] kine upon the brink of the river. ✧4And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. ✧5And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. ✧6And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. ✧7And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, [it was] a dream. ✧8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but [there was] none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. ✧9Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: ✧10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, [both] 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] there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. ✧13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. ✧14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved [himself], and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. ✧15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and [there is] none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, [that] thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. ✧16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. ✧17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: ✧18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: ✧19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: ✧20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: ✧21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they [were] still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. ✧22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: ✧23And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, [and] blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: ✧24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told [this] unto the magicians; but [there was] none that could declare [it] to me. ✧25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh [is] one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he [is] about to do. ✧26The seven good kine [are] seven years; and the seven good ears [are] seven years: the dream [is] one. ✧27And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them [are] seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. ✧28This [is] the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God [is] about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. ✧29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: ✧30And 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; ✧31And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it [shall be] very grievous. ✧32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; [it is] because the thing [is] established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. ✧33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. ✧34Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. ✧35And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. ✧36And that food shall be for 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. ✧37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. ✧38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find [such a one] as this [is], a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]? ✧39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, [there is] none so discreet and wise as thou [art:] ✧40Thou 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. ✧41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. ✧42And Pharaoh took off his 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; ✧43And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt. ✧44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I [am] Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. ✧45And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over [all] the land of Egypt. ✧46And 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. ✧47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. ✧48And 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. ✧49And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for [it was] without number. ✧50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. ✧51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, [said he], hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house. ✧52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. ✧53And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. ✧54And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ✧55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. ✧56And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. ✧57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy [corn;] because that the famine was [so] sore in all lands.