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Book of Genesis 53

him: and changing his apparel brought him in 29 Behold, there shall come seven years of
to him. great plenty in the whole land of Egypt:
15 And he said to him: I have dreamed 30 After which shall follow other seven years
dreams, and there is no one that can expound of so great scarcity, that all the abundance before
them: Now I have heard that thou art very wise shall be forgotten: for the famine shall consume
at interpreting them: all the land,
16 Joseph answered: Without me, God shall 31 And the greatness of the scarcity shall de-
give Pharao a prosperous answer. stroy the greatness of the plenty.
17 So Pharao told what he had dreamed: 32 And for that thou didst see the second time
Methought I stood upon the bank of the river, a dream pertaining to the same thing: it is a
18 And seven kine came up out of the river, token of the certainty, and that the word of God
exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they cometh to pass, and is fulfilled speedily.
grazed on green places in a marshy pasture. 33 Now therefore let the king provide a wise
19 And behold, there followed these, other and industrious man, and make him ruler over
seven kine, so very ill favoured and lean, that the land of Egypt:
I never saw the like in the land of Egypt: 34 That he may appoint overseers over all the
20 And they devoured and consumed the for- countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of
mer, the fruits, during the seven fruitful years,
21 And yet gave no mark of their being full: 35 That shall now presently ensue: and let all
but were as lean and ill favoured as before. I the corn be laid up, under Pharao’s hands, and
awoke, and then fell asleep again, be reserved in the cities.
22 And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn 36 And let it be in readiness, against the
grew up upon one stalk, full and very fair. famine of seven years to come, which shall op-
23 Other seven also thin and blasted, sprung press Egypt, and the land shall not be consumed
of the stalk: with scarcity.
24 And they devoured the beauty of the for- 37 The counsel pleased Pharao, and all his
mer: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and servants.
there is no man that can expound it. 38 And he said to them: Can we find such
25 Joseph answered: The king’s dream is one: another man, that is full of the spirit of God?
God hath shewn to Pharao what he is about to 39 He said therefore to Joseph: Seeing God
do. hath shewn thee all that thou hast said, can I
26 The seven beautiful kine, and the seven full find one wiser and one like unto thee?
ears, are seven years of plenty: and both contain 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and at the
the same meaning of the dream. commandment of thy mouth all the people shall
27 And the seven lean and thin kine that came obey: only in the kingly throne will I be above
up after them, and the seven thin ears that were thee.
blasted with the burning wind, are seven years 41 And again Pharao said to Joseph: Behold,
of famine to come: I have appointed thee over the whole land of
28 Which shall be fulfilled in this order. Egypt.