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CHAP. XLI.
1 Pharaohs two dreames. 9 Ioseph interpreteth them. 33 Hee giueth Pharaoh counsell. 38 Ioseph is aduanced. 50 Hee begetteth Manasseh and Ephraim. 54 The famine beginneth.
5 And hee slept and dreamed the second time: and beholde, seuen eares of corne came vp vpon one stalke, ranke and good.5
6 And beholde, seuen thinne eares and blasted with the Eastwind, sprang vp after them.
9 ¶ Then spake the chiefe Butler vnto Pharaoh, saying, I doe remember my faults this day.
12 And there was there with vs a yong man an Hebrew, seruant to the captaine of the guard: and wee told him, and he interpreted to vs our dreames, to each man according to his dreame, he did interpret.12
14 ¶ Then Pharaoh sent and called Ioseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: And he shaued himselfe, and changed his raiment, and came in vnto Pharaoh.14
15 And Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, I haue dreamed a dreame, and there is none that can interpret it: and I haue heard say of thee, that thou canst vnderstand a dreame, to interpret it.15
16 And Ioseph answered Pharaoh, saying; It is not in me: God shall giue Pharaoh an answere of peace.
17 And Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph; In my dreame, behold, I stood vpon the banke of the riuer.
20 And the leane, & the ill fauoured kine, did eate vp the first seuen fat kine.
21 And when they had eaten them vp, it could not bee knowen that they had eaten them, but they were still ill fauoured, as at the beginning: So I awoke.21
22 And I saw in my dreame, and behold, seuen eares came vp in one stalke, full and good.
23 And behold, seuen eares withered, thin & blasted with the East wind, sprung vp after them.23
26 The seuen good kine are seuen yeeres: and the seuen good eares are seuen yeeres: the dreame is one.
29 Behold, there come seuen yeeres of great plentie, throughout all the land of Egypt.
31 And the plentie shal not be knowen in the land, by reason of that famine following: for it shalbe very grieuous.31
32 And for that the dreame was doubled vnto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God: and God will shortly bring it to passe.32
33 Now therfore let Pharaoh looke out a man discreet and wise, and set him ouer the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh doe this, and let him appoint officers ouer the land, & take vp the fift part of the land of Egypt, in the seuen plenteous yeeres.34
36 And that food shall be for store to the land, against the seuen yeeres of famine, which shall bee in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.36
37 ¶ And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his seruants.
40 Thou shalt be ouer my house, and according vnto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater then thou.40
41 And Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, See, I haue set thee ouer all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh tooke off his ring from his hand, & put it vpon Iosephs hand, and arayed him in vestures of fine linnen, and put a gold chaine about his necke.42
43 And he made him to ride in the second charet which he had: and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler ouer all the land of Egypt.43
45 And Pharaoh called Iosephs name, Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he gaue him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah, priest of On: and Ioseph went out ouer all the lande of Egypt.45
47 And in the seuen plenteous yeres the earth brought forth by handfuls.
50 And vnto Ioseph were borne two sonnes, before the yeeres of famine came: which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah, Priest of On bare vnto him.50
51 And Ioseph called the name of the first borne Manasseh: for God, said hee, hath made me forget all my toile, and all my fathers house.51
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: for God hath caused mee to be fruitfull in the land of my affliction.52
53 ¶ And the seuen yeeres of plenteousnesse, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seuen yeeres of dearth beganne to come according as Ioseph had saide, and the dearth was in all lands: but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.54
56 And the famine was ouer all the face of the earth; and Ioseph opened all the storehouses, and solde vnto the Egyptians: and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.56
Genesis Chapter 41 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
5 Hebr. fat.
12 Chap. 40. 12. &c.
14 Psal. 105. 20. , Hebr. made him runne.
15 Or, When thou hearest a dreame, thou canst interpret it.
21 Hebr. come to the inward parts of them.
23 Or, small.
31 Heb. heauy
32 Or, prepared of God.
34 Or, ouerseers.
36 Heb. be not cut off.
40 Psal. 105. 21. 1. mac. 2. 53. act. 7.10. , Heb. armed: or, kisse.
42 Or, silke.
43 Or, Tender father: Heb. Abrech.
45 Or, Prince
50 Chap.46. 20. & 48.5. , Or, Prince.
51 That is, Forgetting.
52 That is, Fruitfull.
54 Psal. 105. 16.
56 Hebr. All wherein was.
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