Génesis 41:24-34

24 Entonces las espigas secas se tragaron a las siete robustas. Les conté esos sueños a los magos, pero ninguno pudo decirme lo que significan.

25 José respondió:
—Ambos sueños del faraón significan lo mismo. Dios le da a conocer de antemano al faraón lo que está por hacer.

26 Las siete vacas sanas y las siete espigas robustas representan siete años de prosperidad.

27 Las siete vacas flacas y raquíticas que salieron después, y las siete espigas resecas y marchitadas por el viento oriental representan siete años de hambre.

28 »Esto sucederá tal como lo he descrito, pues Dios ha revelado de antemano al faraón lo que está por hacer.

29 Los próximos siete años serán un período de gran prosperidad en toda la tierra de Egipto,

30 pero después llegarán siete años de un hambre tan intensa que hará olvidar toda esa prosperidad de Egipto. El hambre destruirá la tierra.

31 La hambruna será tan grave que borrará hasta el recuerdo de los años buenos.

32 El haber tenido dos sueños similares significa que esos acontecimientos fueron decretados por Dios, y él hará que ocurran pronto.

33 »Por lo tanto, el faraón debería encontrar a un hombre inteligente y sabio, y ponerlo a cargo de toda la tierra de Egipto.

34 Después el faraón debería nombrar supervisores de la tierra, a fin de que almacenen una quinta parte de las cosechas durante los siete años buenos.

Génesis 41:24-34 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 41

In this chapter are related Pharaoh's dreams, which his magicians could not interpret, Ge 41:1-9, upon which the chief butler now remembering Joseph, recommended him to Pharaoh as an interpreter, having had an happy experience of him as such himself, Ge 41:10-13, when Joseph was sent for out of prison; and Pharaoh having related his dreams, he interpreted them of seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine, that should be in the land of Egypt, Ge 41:14-32; and having done, he gave his advice to provide in the years of plenty against the years of famine, and proposed a scheme for doing it, which was approved of by Pharaoh and his ministers, Ge 41:33-37; and Joseph himself was pitched upon as the most proper person to execute it, and was appointed chief over the kingdom next to Pharaoh, who gave him a new name and a wife upon this occasion, Ge 41:38-45; accordingly, in the years of plenty he took a tour throughout the whole land, and gathered and laid up food in vast quantities in every city, Ge 41:46-49; an account is given of two sons born to Joseph, and of their names, Ge 41:50-52; and of the seven years of famine, beginning to come on at the end of the seven years of plenty, which brought great distress on the land of Egypt, and the countries round about, who all came to Joseph to buy corn, Ge 41:53-57.