Dual Panel1At the end <07093> of two full <03117> years <08141> Pharaoh <06547> had a dream <02492>. As he was standing <05975> by <05921> the Nile <02975>,
2seven <07651> fine-looking <04758> <03303>, fat <01277> cows <06510> were coming up <05927> out of <04480> the Nile <02975>, and they grazed <07462> in the reeds <0260>.
3Then <02009> seven <07651> bad-looking <04758> <07451>, thin <01851> cows <06510> were coming up <05927> after <0310> them from <04480> the Nile <02975>, and they stood <05975> beside <0681> the other cows <06510> at <05921> the edge <08193> of the river <02975>.
4The bad-looking <04758> <07451>, thin <01851> cows <06510> ate <0398> the seven <07651> fine-looking <04758> <03303>, fat <01277> cows <06510>. Then Pharaoh <06547> woke up <03364>.
5Then he fell asleep <03462> again and had a second <08145> dream <02492>: There were seven <07651> heads of grain <07641> growing <05927> on one <0259> stalk <07070>, healthy <01277> and good <02896>.
6Then <02009> seven <07651> heads of grain <07641>, thin <01851> and burned <07710> by the east wind <06921>, were sprouting <06779> up after <0310> them.
7The thin <01851> heads <07641> swallowed <01104> up the seven <07651> healthy <01277> and full <04392> heads <07641>. Then Pharaoh <06547> woke up <03364> and realized <02009> it was a dream <02472>.
8In the morning <01242> he was <01961> troubled <06470>, so he called <07121> <07971> for all <03605> the diviner-priests <02748> of Egypt <04714> and all <03605> its wise <02450> men. Pharaoh <06547> told <05608> them his dreams <02472>, but no one <0369> could interpret <06622> them for him <06547>.
9Then the chief <08269> cupbearer <04945> said <01696> to <0854> Pharaoh <06547>, “Today <03117> I <0589> recall <02142> my failures <02399>.
10Pharaoh <06547> was enraged <07107> with <05921> his servants <05650>, and he put <05414> me in prison <04929> in the house <01004> of the captain <08269> of the guards <02876>– me and the chief <08269> baker <0644>.
11We each had <02472> <02492> a dream <02472> one <0259> night <03915>; each <0376> of us had <02492> a dream <02492> dream <02472> with its own meaning <06623>.
12Now a young man <05288>, a Hebrew <05680>, a servant <05650> of the captain <08269> of the guards <02876>, was with <0854> us there <08033>. We told <05608> him our dreams <02472>, and he interpreted <06622> <06622> the meaning of each of our respective dreams <02472> for us.
13It happened <01961> just as <03651> he had said <06622> to us– Pharaoh restored <07725> me to <05921> my office <03653>, but he impaled <08518> the baker.”
14Then Pharaoh <06547> summoned <07121> <07971> Joseph <03130>. So they brought <07323> him quickly out <07323> of <04480> the dungeon <0953>; he shaved <01548> himself, changed <02498> his clothes <08071>, and came <0935> before <0413> Pharaoh <06547>.
15Pharaoh <06547> said <0559> to <0413> Joseph <03130>, “I had a dream <02492> <02472>, and there is no <0369> one who can interpret <06622> it. But I <0589> have heard <08085> about you, that you can interpret <06622> dreams <02472>.”
16Joseph <03130> replied <06030> to Pharaoh <06547>, “It is not within <01107> my power, but God <0430> will speak concerning <06030> the welfare <07965> of Pharaoh <06547>.”
17Then Pharaoh <06547> said <01696> to <0413> Joseph <03130>, “In my dream <02472> I was standing <05975> by <05921> the edge <08193> of the Nile <02975>.
18Then seven <07651> fat <01320> <01277> and fine-looking <08389> <03303> cows <06510> were coming up <05927> out of <04480> the Nile <02975>, and they grazed <07462> in the reeds <0260>.
19Then <02009> seven <07651> other <0312> cows <06510> came up <05927> after <0310> them; they were scrawny <01803>, very <03966> bad-looking <08389> <07451>, and lean <07534>. I had never <03808> seen <07200> such bad-looking <07455> cows as these in all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>!
20The lean <07534>, bad-looking <07451> cows <06510> ate <0398> up the seven <07651> fat <01277> cows <06510>.
21When they had eaten <0935> them, no <03808> one would have known <03045> that <03588> they had done <0935> so, for they were just as bad-looking <07451> <04758> as before <08462>. Then I woke up <03364>.
22I also saw <07200> in my dream <02472> seven <07651> heads of grain <07641> growing <05927> on one <0259> stalk <07070>, full <04392> and good <02896>.
23Then seven <07651> heads of grain <07641>, withered <06798> and thin <01851> and burned <07710> with the east wind <06921>, were sprouting up <06779> after <0310> them.
24The thin <01851> heads of grain <07641> swallowed <01104> up the seven <07651> good <02896> heads of grain <07641>. So I told <0559> all this to <0413> the diviner-priests <02748>, but no one <0369> could tell <05046> me its meaning.”
25Then Joseph <03130> said <0559> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547>, “Both dreams <02472> of Pharaoh <06547> have the same <0259> meaning. God <0430> has revealed <05046> to Pharaoh <06547> what he is about to do <06213>.
26The seven <07651> good <02896> cows <06510> represent seven <07651> years <08141>, and the seven <07651> good <02896> heads of grain <07641> represent seven <07651> years <08141>. Both <02007> dreams <02472> have the same <0259> meaning.
27The seven <07651> lean <07534>, bad-looking <07451> cows <06510> that came up <05927> after <0310> them represent seven <07651> years <08141>, as do the seven <07651> empty <07386> heads of grain <07641> burned <07710> with the east wind <06921>. They represent <01961> seven <07651> years <08141> of famine <07458>.
28This <01697> is just what <0834> I told <01696> Pharaoh <06547>: God <0430> has shown <07200> Pharaoh <06547> what he is about to do <06213>.
29Seven <07651> years <08141> of great <01419> abundance <07647> are coming <0935> throughout the whole <03605> land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
30But seven <07651> years <08141> of famine <07458> will occur <06965> after <0310> them, and all <03605> the abundance <07647> will be forgotten <07911> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>. The famine <07458> will devastate <03615> the land <0776>.
31The previous abundance <07647> of the land <0776> will not <03808> be remembered <03045> because <06440> of the famine <07458> that <01931> follows <03651> <0310>, for <03588> the famine <01931> will be very <03966> severe <03515>.
32The dream <02472> was repeated <08138> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547> because <03588> the matter <01697> has been decreed <03559> by <05973> God <0430>, and God <0430> will make <06213> it happen soon <04116>.
33“So now <06258> Pharaoh <06547> should look for <07200> a wise <02450> and discerning <0995> man <0376> and give <07896> him authority <07896> over <05921> all the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
34Pharaoh <06547> should do <06213> this– he should appoint <06485> officials <06496> throughout <05921> the land <0776> to collect one-fifth of the produce <02567> of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> during the seven <07651> years <08141> of abundance <07647>.
35They should gather <06908> all <03605> the excess food <0400> during these <0428> good <02896> years <08141> that are coming <0935>. By Pharaoh’s <06547> authority <03027> <08478> they should store up <06651> grain <01250> so the cities <05892> will have food <0400>, and they should preserve <08104> it.
36This food <0400> should be <01961> held in storage <06487> for the land <0776> in preparation for the seven <07651> years <08141> of famine <07458> that <0834> will occur <01961> throughout the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>. In this way the land <0776> will survive <03772> <03808> the famine <07458>.”
37This advice <01697> made sense <05869> <03190> to Pharaoh <06547> and all <03605> his officials <05650>.
38So Pharaoh <06547> asked <0559> his officials <05650>, “Can we find <04672> a man <0376> like Joseph <02088>, one in whom <0834> the Spirit <07307> of God <0430> is present?”
39So Pharaoh <06547> said <0559> to <0413> Joseph <03130>, “Because <0310> God <0430> has enabled you to know <03045> all <03605> this <02063>, there is no <0369> one as wise <02450> and discerning <0995> as <03644> you are!
40You <0859> will <01961> oversee <05921> my household <01004>, and all <03605> my people <05971> will submit <05401> to your commands <06310>. Only <07535> I, the king <03678>, will be greater <01431> than <04480> you.
41“See <07200> here,” Pharaoh <06547> said <0559> to <0413> Joseph <03130>, “I place <05414> you in authority over <05921> all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.”
42Then Pharaoh <06547> took <05493> his signet ring <02885> from his own hand <03027> and put <05414> it on <05921> Joseph’s <03130>. He clothed <03847> him with fine linen <08336> clothes <0899> and put <07760> a gold <02091> chain <07242> around <05921> his neck <06677>.
43Pharaoh had him ride <07392> in the chariot <04818> used by his second-in-command <04932>, and they cried out <07121> before <06440> him, “Kneel down <086>!” So he placed <05414> him over <05921> all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
44Pharaoh <06547> also said <0559> to <0413> Joseph <03130>, “I <0589> am Pharaoh <06547>, but without your permission <01107> no <03808> one <0376> will move <07311> his hand <03027> or his foot <07272> in all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.”
45Pharaoh <06547> gave <07121> Joseph <03130> the name <08034> Zaphenath-Paneah <06847>. He also gave <05414> him Asenath <0621> daughter <01323> of Potiphera <06319>, priest <03548> of On <0204>, to be his wife <0802>. So Joseph <03130> took charge <03318> of <05921> all the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
46Now Joseph <03130> was 30 <07970> years <08141> old <01121> when he began serving <06440> <05975> Pharaoh <06547> king <04428> of Egypt <04714>. Joseph <03130> was commissioned <03318> by <06440> Pharaoh <06547> and was in charge of <05674> all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
47During the seven <07651> years <08141> of abundance <07647> the land <0776> produced <06213> large, bountiful <07062> harvests.
48Joseph collected <06908> all <03605> the excess food <0400> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> during the seven <07651> years <08141> and stored <05414> it <0400> in the cities <05892>. In every city <05892> he put the food <0400> gathered <05414> from the fields <07704> around <05439> it.
49Joseph <03130> stored up <06651> a vast <03966> amount <07235> of grain <01250>, like the sand <02344> of the sea <03220>, until <05704> he stopped <02308> measuring <05608> it because <03588> it was impossible <0369> to measure <04557>.
50Two <08147> sons <01121> were born <03205> to Joseph <03130> before <02962> the famine <07458> came <08141> <0935>. Asenath <0621> daughter <01323> of Potiphera <06319>, priest <03548> of On <0204>, was their mother <03205>.
51Joseph <03130> named <08034> <07121> the firstborn <01060> Manasseh <04519>, saying, “Certainly <03588> God <0430> has made me forget <05382> all <03605> my trouble <05999> and all <03605> my father’s <01> house <01004>.”
52He named <07121> <08034> the second <08145> child Ephraim <0669>, saying, “Certainly <03588> God <0430> has made <06509> me fruitful <06509> in the land <0776> of my suffering <06040>.”
53The seven <07651> years <08141> of abundance <07647> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> came to an end <03615>.
54Then the seven <07651> years <08141> of famine <07458> began <0935> <02490>, just <0834> as Joseph <03130> had predicted <0559>. There was <01961> famine <07458> in all <03605> the other lands <0776>, but throughout <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> there was <01961> food <03899>.
55When all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> experienced the famine <07456>, the people <05971> cried out <06817> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547> for food <03899>. Pharaoh <06547> said <0559> to all <03605> the people of Egypt <04713>, “Go <01980> to <0413> Joseph <03130> and do <06213> whatever <0834> he tells <0559> you.”
56While the famine <07458> was <01961> over <05921> all <03605> the earth <0776>, Joseph <03130> opened <06605> the storehouses <0834> and sold <07666> grain to the Egyptians <04713>. The famine <07458> was severe <02388> throughout the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
57People from every <03605> country <0776> came <0935> to <0413> Joseph <03130> in Egypt <04714> to buy <07666> grain because <03588> the famine <07458> was severe <02388> throughout <03605> the earth <0776>.