The Latin Vulgate VUL
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium putabat se stare super fluvium
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And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River,
2 de quo ascendebant septem boves pulchrae et crassae nimis et pascebantur in locis palustribus
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and lo, from the River coming up are seven kine, of fair appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds;
3 aliae quoque septem emergebant de flumine foedae confectaeque macie et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus
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and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean [in] flesh, and they stand near the kine on the edge of the River,
4 devoraveruntque eas quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat expergefactus Pharao
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and the kine of bad appearance and lean [in] flesh eat up the seven kine of fair appearance, and fat -- and Pharaoh awaketh.
5 rursum dormivit et vidit alterum somnium septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque formonsae
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And he sleepeth, and dreameth a second time, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,
6 aliae quoque totidem spicae tenues et percussae uredine oriebantur
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and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
7 devorantes omnem priorum pulchritudinem evigilans post quietem
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and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears -- and Pharaoh awaketh, and lo, a dream.
8 et facto mane pavore perterritus misit ad coniectores Aegypti cunctosque sapientes et accersitis narravit somnium nec erat qui interpretaretur
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And it cometh to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sendeth and calleth all the scribes of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounteth to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh.
9 tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister ait confiteor peccatum meum
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And the chief of the butlers speaketh with Pharaoh, saying, `My sin I mention this day:
10 iratus rex servis suis me et magistrum pistorum retrudi iussit in carcerem principis militum
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Pharaoh hath been wroth against his servants, and giveth me into charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers;
11 ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium praesagum futurorum
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and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.
12 erat ibi puer hebraeus eiusdem ducis militum famulus cui narrantes somnia
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And there [is] with us a youth, a Hebrew, servant to the chief of the executioners, and we recount to him, and he interpreteth to us our dreams, [to] each according to his dream hath he interpreted,
13 audivimus quicquid postea rei probavit eventus ego enim redditus sum officio meo et ille suspensus est in cruce
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and it cometh to pass, as he hath interpreted to us so it hath been, me he put back on my station, and him he hanged.'
14 protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Ioseph totonderunt ac veste mutata obtulerunt ei
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And Pharaoh sendeth and calleth Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaveth, and changeth his garments, and cometh in unto Pharaoh.
15 cui ille ait vidi somnia nec est qui edisserat quae audivi te prudentissime conicere
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And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `A dream I have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it, and I -- I have heard concerning thee, saying, Thou understandest a dream to interpret it,'
16 respondit Ioseph absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni
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and Joseph answereth Pharaoh, saying, `Without me -- God doth answer Pharaoh with peace.'
17 narravit ergo ille quod viderat putabam me stare super ripam fluminis
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And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph: `In my dream, lo, I am standing by the edge of the River,
18 et septem boves de amne conscendere pulchras nimis et obesis carnibus quae in pastu paludis virecta carpebant
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and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat [in] flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;
19 et ecce has sequebantur aliae septem boves in tantum deformes et macilentae ut numquam tales in terra Aegypti viderim
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and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean [in] flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness.
20 quae devoratis et consumptis prioribus
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`And the lean and the bad kine eat up the first seven fat kine,
21 nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium sed simili macie et squalore torpebant evigilans rursum sopore depressus
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and they come in unto their midst, and it hath not been known that they have come in unto their midst, and their appearance [is] bad as at the commencement; and I awake.
22 vidi somnium septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque pulcherrimae
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`And I see in my dream, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good;
23 aliae quoque septem tenues et percussae uredine oriebantur stipula
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and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
24 quae priorum pulchritudinem devorarunt narravi coniectoribus somnium et nemo est qui edisserat
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and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.'
25 respondit Ioseph somnium regis unum est quae facturus est Deus ostendit Pharaoni
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And Joseph saith unto Pharaoh, `The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he hath declared to Pharaoh;
26 septem boves pulchrae et septem spicae plenae septem ubertatis anni sunt eandemque vim somnii conprehendunt
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the seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one;
27 septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentae quae ascenderunt post eas et septem spicae tenues et vento urente percussae septem anni sunt venturae famis
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and the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;
28 qui hoc ordine conplebuntur
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this [is] the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: That which God is doing, he hath shewn Pharaoh.
29 ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnae in universa terra Aegypti
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`Lo, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,
30 quos sequentur septem anni alii tantae sterilitatis ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia consumptura est enim fames omnem terram
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and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine hath finished the land,
31 et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura inopiae magnitudo
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and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterwards, for it [is] very grievous.
32 quod autem vidisti secundo ad eandem rem pertinens somnium firmitatis indicium est eo quod fiat sermo Dei et velocius impleatur
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`And because of the repeating of the dream unto Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hastening to do it.
33 nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium et praeficiat eum terrae Aegypti
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`And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;
34 qui constituat praepositos per singulas regiones et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis
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let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty,
35 qui iam nunc futuri sunt congreget in horrea et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur serveturque in urbibus
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and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh -- food in the cities; and they have kept [it],
36 et paretur futurae septem annorum fami quae pressura est Aegyptum et non consumetur terra inopia
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and the food hath been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.'
37 placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris eius
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And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,
38 locutusque est ad eos num invenire poterimus talem virum qui spiritu Dei plenus sit
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and Pharaoh saith unto his servants, `Do we find like this, a man in whom the spirit of God [is]?'
39 dixit ergo ad Ioseph quia ostendit Deus tibi omnia quae locutus es numquid sapientiorem et similem tui invenire potero
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and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `After God's causing thee to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as thou;
40 tu eris super domum meam et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus oboediet uno tantum regni solio te praecedam
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thou -- thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.'
41 dicens quoque rursum Pharao ad Ioseph ecce constitui te super universam terram Aegypti
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And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `See, I have put thee over all the land of Egypt.'
42 tulit anulum de manu sua et dedit in manu eius vestivitque eum stola byssina et collo torquem auream circumposuit
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And Pharaoh turneth aside his seal-ring from off his hand, and putteth it on the hand of Joseph, and clotheth him [with] garments of fine linen, and placeth a chain of gold on his neck,
43 fecitque ascendere super currum suum secundum clamante praecone ut omnes coram eo genuflecterent et praepositum esse scirent universae terrae Aegypti
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and causeth him to ride in the second chariot which he hath, and they proclaim before him, `Bow the knee!' and -- to put him over all the land of Egypt.
44 dixit quoque rex ad Ioseph ego sum Pharao absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Aegypti
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And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `I [am] Pharaoh, and without thee a man doth not lift up his hand and his foot in all the land of Egypt;'
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
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and Pharaoh calleth Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he giveth to him Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, for a wife, and Joseph goeth out over the land of Egypt.
46 triginta autem erat annorum quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis circuivit omnes regiones Aegypti
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And Joseph [is] a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goeth out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passeth over through all the land of Egypt;
47 venitque fertilitas septem annorum et in manipulos redactae segetes congregatae sunt in horrea Aegypti
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and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
48 omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est
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And he gathereth all the food of the seven years which have been in the land of Egypt, and putteth food in the cities; the food of the field which [is] round about [each] city hath he put in its midst;
49 tantaque fuit multitudo tritici ut harenae maris coaequaretur et copia mensuram excederet
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and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.
50 nati sunt autem Ioseph filii duo antequam veniret fames quos ei peperit Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos
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And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine cometh, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him,
51 vocavitque nomen primogeniti Manasse dicens oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum et domum patris mei
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and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: `for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;'
52 nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim dicens crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meae
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and the name of the second he hath called Ephraim: `for, God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of mine affliction.'
53 igitur transactis septem annis ubertatis qui fuerant in Aegypto
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And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,
54 coeperunt venire septem anni inopiae quos praedixerat Ioseph et in universo orbe fames praevaluit in cuncta autem terra Aegypti erat panis
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and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;
55 qua esuriente clamavit populus ad Pharaonem alimenta petens quibus ille respondit ite ad Ioseph et quicquid vobis dixerit facite
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and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people crieth unto Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh saith to all the Egyptians, `Go unto Joseph; that which he saith to you -- do.'
56 crescebat autem cotidie fames in omni terra aperuitque Ioseph universa horrea et vendebat Aegyptiis nam et illos oppresserat fames
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And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph openeth all [places] which have [corn] in them, and selleth to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,
57 omnesque provinciae veniebant in Aegyptum ut emerent escas et malum inopiae temperarent
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and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.
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