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Genesis 41

The Message Bible MSG

1 Two years passed and Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile River.

2 Seven cows came up out of the Nile, all shimmering with health, and grazed on the marsh grass.

3 Then seven other cows, all skin and bones, came up out of the river after them and stood by them on the bank of the Nile.

4 The skinny cows ate the seven healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

5 He went back to sleep and dreamed a second time: Seven ears of grain, full-bodied and lush, grew out of a single stalk.

6 Then seven more ears grew up, but these were thin and dried out by the east wind.

7 The thin ears swallowed up the full, healthy ears. Then Pharaoh woke up - another dream.

8 When morning came, he was upset. He sent for all the magicians and sages of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but they couldn't interpret them to him.

9 The head cupbearer then spoke up and said to Pharaoh, "I just now remembered something - I'm sorry, I should have told you this long ago.

10 Once when Pharaoh got angry with his servants, he locked me and the head baker in the house of the captain of the guard.

11 We both had dreams on the same night, each dream with its own meaning.

12 It so happened that there was a young Hebrew slave there with us; he belonged to the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us, each dream separately.

13 Things turned out just as he interpreted. I was returned to my position and the head baker was impaled."

14 Pharaoh at once sent for Joseph. They brought him on the run from the jail cell. He cut his hair, put on clean clothes, and came to Pharaoh.

15 "I dreamed a dream," Pharaoh told Joseph. "Nobody can interpret it. But I've heard that just by hearing a dream you can interpret it."

16 Joseph answered, "Not I, but God. God will set Pharaoh's mind at ease."

17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile.

18 Seven cows, shimmering with health, came up out of the river and grazed on the marsh grass.

19 On their heels seven more cows, all skin and bones, came up. I've never seen uglier cows anywhere in Egypt.

20 Then the seven skinny, ugly cows ate up the first seven healthy cows.

21 But you couldn't tell by looking - after eating them up they were just as skinny and ugly as before. Then I woke up.

22 "In my second dream I saw seven ears of grain, full-bodied and lush, growing out of a single stalk,

23 and right behind them, seven other ears, shriveled, thin, and dried out by the east wind.

24 And the thin ears swallowed up the full ears. I've told all this to the magicians but they can't figure it out."

25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's two dreams both mean the same thing. God is telling Pharaoh what he is going to do.

26 The seven healthy cows are seven years and the seven healthy ears of grain are seven years - they're the same dream.

27 The seven sick and ugly cows that followed them up are seven years and the seven scrawny ears of grain dried out by the east wind are the same - seven years of famine.

28 "The meaning is what I said earlier: God is letting Pharaoh in on what he is going to do.

29 Seven years of plenty are on their way throughout Egypt.

30 But on their heels will come seven years of famine, leaving no trace of the Egyptian plenty. As the country is emptied by famine,

31 there won't be even a scrap left of the previous plenty - the famine will be total.

32 The fact that Pharaoh dreamed the same dream twice emphasizes God's determination to do this and do it soon.

33 "So: Pharaoh needs to look for a wise and experienced man and put him in charge of the country.

34 Then Pharaoh needs to appoint managers throughout the country of Egypt to organize it during the years of plenty.

35 Their job will be to collect all the food produced in the good years ahead and stockpile the grain under Pharaoh's authority, storing it in the towns for food.

36 This grain will be held back to be used later during the seven years of famine that are coming on Egypt. This way the country won't be devastated by the famine."

37 This seemed like a good idea to Pharaoh and his officials.

38 Then Pharaoh said to his officials, "Isn't this the man we need? Are we going to find anyone else who has God's spirit in him like this?"

39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "You're the man for us. God has given you the inside story - no one is as qualified as you in experience and wisdom.

40 From now on, you're in charge of my affairs; all my people will report to you. Only as king will I be over you."

41 So Pharaoh commissioned Joseph: "I'm putting you in charge of the entire country of Egypt."

42 Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his finger and slipped it on Joseph's hand. He outfitted him in robes of the best linen and put a gold chain around his neck.

43 He put the second-in-command chariot at his disposal, and as he rode people shouted "Bravo!" Joseph was in charge of the entire country of Egypt.

44 Pharaoh told Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, but no one in Egypt will make a single move without your stamp of approval."

45 Then Pharaoh gave Joseph an Egyptian name, Zaphenath-Paneah (God Speaks and He Lives). He also gave him an Egyptian wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On (Heliopolis). And Joseph took up his duties over the land of Egypt.

46 Joseph was thirty years old when he went to work for Pharaoh the king of Egypt. As soon as Joseph left Pharaoh's presence, he began his work in Egypt.

47 During the next seven years of plenty the land produced bumper crops.

48 Joseph gathered up the food of the seven good years in Egypt and stored the food in cities. In each city he stockpiled surplus from the surrounding fields.

49 Joseph collected so much grain - it was like the sand of the ocean! - that he finally quit keeping track.

50 Joseph had two sons born to him before the years of famine came. Asenath, daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, was their mother.

51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh (Forget), saying, "God made me forget all my hardships and my parental home."

52 He named his second son Ephraim (Double Prosperity), saying, "God has prospered me in the land of my sorrow."

53 Then Egypt's seven good years came to an end

54 and the seven years of famine arrived, just as Joseph had said. All countries experienced famine; Egypt was the only country that had bread.

55 When the famine spread throughout Egypt, the people called out in distress to Pharaoh, calling for bread. He told the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. Do what he tells you."

56 As the famine got worse all over the country, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold emergency supplies to the Egyptians. The famine was very bad.

57 Soon the whole world was coming to buy supplies from Joseph. The famine was bad all over.

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium putabat se stare super fluvium

2 de quo ascendebant septem boves pulchrae et crassae nimis et pascebantur in locis palustribus

3 aliae quoque septem emergebant de flumine foedae confectaeque macie et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus

4 devoraveruntque eas quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat expergefactus Pharao

5 rursum dormivit et vidit alterum somnium septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque formonsae

6 aliae quoque totidem spicae tenues et percussae uredine oriebantur

7 devorantes omnem priorum pulchritudinem evigilans post quietem

8 et facto mane pavore perterritus misit ad coniectores Aegypti cunctosque sapientes et accersitis narravit somnium nec erat qui interpretaretur

9 tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister ait confiteor peccatum meum

10 iratus rex servis suis me et magistrum pistorum retrudi iussit in carcerem principis militum

11 ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium praesagum futurorum

12 erat ibi puer hebraeus eiusdem ducis militum famulus cui narrantes somnia

13 audivimus quicquid postea rei probavit eventus ego enim redditus sum officio meo et ille suspensus est in cruce

14 protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Ioseph totonderunt ac veste mutata obtulerunt ei

15 cui ille ait vidi somnia nec est qui edisserat quae audivi te prudentissime conicere

16 respondit Ioseph absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni

17 narravit ergo ille quod viderat putabam me stare super ripam fluminis

18 et septem boves de amne conscendere pulchras nimis et obesis carnibus quae in pastu paludis virecta carpebant

19 et ecce has sequebantur aliae septem boves in tantum deformes et macilentae ut numquam tales in terra Aegypti viderim

20 quae devoratis et consumptis prioribus

21 nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium sed simili macie et squalore torpebant evigilans rursum sopore depressus

22 vidi somnium septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque pulcherrimae

23 aliae quoque septem tenues et percussae uredine oriebantur stipula

24 quae priorum pulchritudinem devorarunt narravi coniectoribus somnium et nemo est qui edisserat

25 respondit Ioseph somnium regis unum est quae facturus est Deus ostendit Pharaoni

26 septem boves pulchrae et septem spicae plenae septem ubertatis anni sunt eandemque vim somnii conprehendunt

27 septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentae quae ascenderunt post eas et septem spicae tenues et vento urente percussae septem anni sunt venturae famis

28 qui hoc ordine conplebuntur

29 ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnae in universa terra Aegypti

30 quos sequentur septem anni alii tantae sterilitatis ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia consumptura est enim fames omnem terram

31 et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura inopiae magnitudo

32 quod autem vidisti secundo ad eandem rem pertinens somnium firmitatis indicium est eo quod fiat sermo Dei et velocius impleatur

33 nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium et praeficiat eum terrae Aegypti

34 qui constituat praepositos per singulas regiones et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis

35 qui iam nunc futuri sunt congreget in horrea et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur serveturque in urbibus

36 et paretur futurae septem annorum fami quae pressura est Aegyptum et non consumetur terra inopia

37 placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris eius

38 locutusque est ad eos num invenire poterimus talem virum qui spiritu Dei plenus sit

39 dixit ergo ad Ioseph quia ostendit Deus tibi omnia quae locutus es numquid sapientiorem et similem tui invenire potero

40 tu eris super domum meam et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus oboediet uno tantum regni solio te praecedam

41 dicens quoque rursum Pharao ad Ioseph ecce constitui te super universam terram Aegypti

42 tulit anulum de manu sua et dedit in manu eius vestivitque eum stola byssina et collo torquem auream circumposuit

43 fecitque ascendere super currum suum secundum clamante praecone ut omnes coram eo genuflecterent et praepositum esse scirent universae terrae Aegypti

44 dixit quoque rex ad Ioseph ego sum Pharao absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Aegypti

45 vertitque nomen illius et vocavit eum lingua aegyptiaca Salvatorem mundi dedit quoque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos egressus itaque Ioseph ad terram Aegypti

46 triginta autem erat annorum quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis circuivit omnes regiones Aegypti

47 venitque fertilitas septem annorum et in manipulos redactae segetes congregatae sunt in horrea Aegypti

48 omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est

49 tantaque fuit multitudo tritici ut harenae maris coaequaretur et copia mensuram excederet

50 nati sunt autem Ioseph filii duo antequam veniret fames quos ei peperit Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos

51 vocavitque nomen primogeniti Manasse dicens oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum et domum patris mei

52 nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim dicens crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meae

53 igitur transactis septem annis ubertatis qui fuerant in Aegypto

54 coeperunt venire septem anni inopiae quos praedixerat Ioseph et in universo orbe fames praevaluit in cuncta autem terra Aegypti erat panis

55 qua esuriente clamavit populus ad Pharaonem alimenta petens quibus ille respondit ite ad Ioseph et quicquid vobis dixerit facite

56 crescebat autem cotidie fames in omni terra aperuitque Ioseph universa horrea et vendebat Aegyptiis nam et illos oppresserat fames

57 omnesque provinciae veniebant in Aegyptum ut emerent escas et malum inopiae temperarent