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Genesis 41:1 (MSG) Message Bible

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.
1 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS at the end H7093 M-CMS of two full years H8141 NFD , that Pharaoh H6547 dreamed H2492 : and , behold H2009 IJEC , he stood H5975 by H5921 PREP the river H2975 .
2 And , behold H2009 IJEC , there came up H5927 out of H4480 PREP the river H2975 seven H7651 MFS well H3303 favored H4758 NMS kine H6510 and fatfleshed H1277 ; and they fed H7462 in a meadow H260 .
3 And , behold H2009 IJEC , seven H7651 MFS other H312 kine H6510 came up H5927 after H310 them out of H4480 PREP the river H2975 , ill H7451 favored H4758 NMS and leanfleshed H1851 ; and stood H5975 by H681 the other kine H6510 upon H5921 PREP the brink H8193 CFS of the river H2975 .
4 And the ill H7451 favored H4758 and leanfleshed H1851 kine H6510 did eat up H398 the seven H7651 MFS well H3303 favored H4758 and fat H1277 kine H6510 . So Pharaoh H6547 EMS awoke H3364 .
5 And he slept H3462 W-VQY3MS and dreamed H2492 the second time H8145 CFS : and , behold H2009 IJEC , seven H7651 MFS ears of corn H7641 came up H5927 upon one H259 MMS stalk H7070 , rank H1277 and good H2896 .
6 And , behold H2009 IJEC , seven H7651 MFS thin H1851 ears H7641 and blasted H7710 with the east wind H6921 NMP sprung up H6779 after H310 them .
7 And the seven thin H1851 ears H7641 devoured H1104 the seven H7651 MFS rank H1277 and full H4392 ears H7641 . And Pharaoh H6547 EMS awoke H3364 , and , behold H2009 IJEC , it was a dream H2472 .
8 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS in the morning H1242 that his spirit H7307 CMS-3MS was troubled H6470 ; and he sent H7971 W-VQY3MS and called for W-VQY3MS all H3605 NMS the magicians H2748 of Egypt H4714 EFS , and all H3605 NMS the wise men H2450 thereof : and Pharaoh H6547 EMS told H5608 them his dream H2472 ; but there was none H369 W-NPAR that could interpret H6622 them unto Pharaoh H6547 .
9 Then spoke H1696 W-VPY3MS the chief H8269 butler H4945 unto Pharaoh H6547 EMS , saying H559 L-VQFC , I H589 PPRO-1MS do remember H2142 my faults H2399 this day H3117 D-NMS :
10 Pharaoh H6547 EMS was wroth H7107 with H5921 PREP his servants H5650 , and put H5414 W-VQQ3MS me in ward H4929 in the captain H8269 of the guard H2876 \'s house H1004 CMS , both me and the chief H8269 baker H644 :
11 And we dreamed H2492 a dream H2472 in one H259 MMS night H3915 , I H589 PPRO-1MS and he H1931 ; we dreamed H2492 each man H376 NMS according to the interpretation H6623 of his dream H2472 .
12 And there was there H8033 W-ADV with H854 PREP-1MP us a young man H5288 , a Hebrew H5680 TMS , servant H5650 NMS to the captain H8269 of the guard H2876 ; and we told H5608 him , and he interpreted H6622 to us our dreams H2472 ; to each man H376 according to his dream H2472 he did interpret H6622 .
13 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , as H834 K-RPRO he interpreted H6622 to us , so H3651 ADV it was H1961 VQQ3MS ; me he restored H7725 VHQ3MS unto H5921 PREP mine office H3653 , and him he hanged H8518 .
14 Then Pharaoh H6547 EMS sent H7971 W-VQY3MS and called H7121 W-VQY3MS Joseph H3130 , and they brought him hastily H7323 out of H4480 PREP the dungeon H953 : and he shaved H1548 himself , and changed H2498 his raiment H8071 , and came in H935 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Pharaoh H6547 EMS .
15 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Joseph H3130 , I have dreamed H2492 a dream H2472 , and there is none H369 NPAR that can interpret H6622 it : and I H589 W-PPRO-1MS have heard H8085 VQQ1MS say H559 W-VQY3MS of H5921 PREP-2MS thee , that thou canst understand H8085 VQQ1MS a dream H2472 to interpret H6622 it .
16 And Joseph H3130 answered H6030 W-VQY3MS Pharaoh H6547 EMS , saying H559 L-VQFC , It is not in H1107 me : God H430 EDP shall give Pharaoh an answer H6030 VQY3MS of peace H7965 .
17 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS said H1696 W-VPY3MS unto H413 PREP Joseph H3130 , In my dream H2472 , behold H2009 , I stood H5975 upon H5921 PREP the bank H8193 CFS of the river H2975 :
18 And , behold H2009 IJEC , there came up H5927 out of H4480 PREP the river H2975 seven H7651 MFS kine H6510 , fatfleshed H1277 and well H3303 favored H8389 ; and they fed H7462 in a meadow H260 :
19 And , behold H2009 IJEC , seven H7651 other H312 kine H6510 came up H5927 after H310 them , poor H1800 and very H3966 ADV ill H7451 favored H8389 and leanfleshed H7534 , such H2007 as I never H3808 ADV saw H7200 VQQ1MS in all H3605 B-CMS the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 EFS for badness H7455 :
20 And the lean H7534 and the ill favored H7451 kine H6510 did eat up H398 the first H7223 seven H7651 MFS fat H1277 kine H6510 :
21 And when they had eaten them up H935 VQQ3MP , it could not H3808 W-NPAR be known H3045 that H3588 CONJ they had eaten H935 VQQ3MP them ; but they were still ill favored H4758 , as H834 K-RPRO at the beginning H8462 BD-NFS . So I awoke H3364 .
22 And I saw H7200 in my dream H2472 , and , behold H2009 IJEC , seven H7651 MFS ears H7641 came up H5927 in one H259 MMS stalk H7070 , full H4392 and good H2896 :
23 And , behold H2009 IJEC , seven H7651 MFS ears H7641 , withered H6798 , thin H1851 , and blasted H7710 with the east wind H6921 NMP , sprung up H6779 after H310 them :
24 And the thin H1851 ears H7641 devoured H1104 the seven H7651 MFS good H2896 ears H7641 : and I told H559 this unto H413 PREP the magicians H2748 ; but there was none H369 W-NPAR that could declare H5046 VHPMS it to me .
25 And Joseph H3130 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Pharaoh H6547 EMS , The dream H2472 of Pharaoh H6547 EMS is one H259 MMS : God H430 D-EDP hath showed H5046 VHQ3MS Pharaoh H6547 what H834 RPRO he is about to do H6213 VQPMS .
26 The seven H7651 MFS good H2896 kine H6510 are seven H7651 MFS years H8141 NFP ; and the seven H7651 good H2896 ears H7641 are seven H7651 MFS years H8141 NFP : the dream H2472 is one H259 MMS .
27 And the seven H7651 thin H7534 and ill favored H7451 kine H6510 that came up H5927 after H310 them are seven H7651 MFS years H8141 NFP ; and the seven H7651 empty H7386 ears H7641 blasted H7710 with the east wind H6921 shall be H1961 VQY3MP seven H7651 MFS years H8141 of famine H7458 .
28 This H1931 PPRO-3MS is the thing H1697 D-NMS which H834 RPRO I have spoken H1696 VPQ1MS unto H413 PREP Pharaoh H6547 EMS : What H834 RPRO God H430 D-EDP is about to do H6213 VQPMS he showeth H7200 unto Pharaoh H6547 EMS .
29 Behold H2009 IJEC , there come H935 seven H7651 MFS years H8141 NFP of great H1419 AMS plenty H7647 throughout all H3605 B-CMS the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 :
30 And there shall arise H6965 after H310 them seven H7651 MFS years H8141 of famine H7458 NMS ; and all H3605 NMS the plenty H7647 shall be forgotten H7911 in the land H776 B-GFS of Egypt H4714 ; and the famine H7458 D-NMS shall consume H3615 the land H776 D-GFS ;
31 And the plenty H7647 shall not H3808 W-NPAR be known H3045 in the land H776 B-NFS by reason of M-CMP that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS famine H7458 D-NMS following H310 PREP ; for H3588 CONJ it H1931 PPRO-3MS shall be very H3966 ADV grievous H3515 AMS .
32 And for H5921 W-PREP that the dream H2472 was doubled H8138 unto H413 PREP Pharaoh H6547 EMS twice H6471 ; it is because H3588 CONJ the thing H1697 D-NMS is established H3559 NMS by M-PREP God H430 D-EDP , and God H430 D-EDP will shortly H4116 bring it to pass H6213 .
33 Now H6258 W-ADV therefore let Pharaoh H6547 EMS look out H7200 VQI3MS a man H376 NMS discreet H995 and wise H2450 , and set H7896 him over H5921 PREP the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 .
34 Let Pharaoh H6547 EMS do H6213 VQY3MS this , and let him appoint H6485 officers H6496 over H5921 PREP the land H776 D-GFS , and take up the fifth part H2567 of the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 EFS in the seven H7651 plenteous H7647 years H8141 .
35 And let them gather H6908 all H3605 NMS the food H400 NMS of those H428 D-DPRO-3MP good H2896 years H8141 that come H935 , and lay up H6651 corn H1250 under H8478 NMS the hand H3027 CFS of Pharaoh H6547 EMS , and let them keep H8104 food H400 NMS in the cities H5892 .
36 And that food H400 shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS for store H6487 to the land H776 LD-NFS against the seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 D-NMS , which H834 RPRO shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS in the land H776 B-GFS of Egypt H4714 ; that the land H776 D-GFS perish H3772 not H3808 W-NPAR through the famine H7458 .
37 And the thing H1697 D-NMS was good H3190 in the eyes H5869 B-CMP of Pharaoh H6547 EMS , and in the eyes H5869 of all H3605 NMS his servants H5650 .
38 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP his servants H5650 , Can we find H4672 such a one as this H2088 is , a man H376 NMS in whom H834 RPRO the Spirit H7307 NFS of God H430 EDP is ?
39 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Joseph H3130 , Forasmuch H310 PREP as God H430 EDP hath showed H3045 thee all H3605 NMS this H2063 DPRO , there is none H369 NPAR so discreet H995 and wise H2450 as thou H3644 art :
40 Thou H859 PPRO-2MS shalt be H1961 VQY3FS over H5921 PREP my house H1004 CMS-1MS , and according unto H5921 PREP thy word H6310 CMS-2MS shall all H3605 NMS my people H5971 be ruled H5401 : only H7535 ADV in the throne H3678 will I be greater H1431 than H4480 M-PPRO-2MS thou .
41 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Joseph H3130 , See H7200 VQI2MS , I have set H5414 VQQ1MS thee over H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 .
42 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS took off H5493 W-VHY3MS his ring H2885 from M-PREP his hand H3027 CFS-3MS , and put H5414 W-VQQ3MS it upon H5921 M-PREP Joseph H3130 \'s hand H3027 CFS , and arrayed H3847 him in vestures H899 of fine linen H8336 , and put H7760 W-VQY3MS a gold H2091 chain H7242 about H5921 M-PREP his neck H6677 ;
43 And he made him to ride H7392 in the second H4932 chariot H4818 which H834 RPRO he had ; and they cried H7121 W-VQY3MP before H6440 L-CMP-3MS him , Bow the knee H86 : and he made H5414 him ruler over H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 .
44 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Joseph H3130 , I H589 PPRO-1MS am Pharaoh H6547 EMS , and without H1107 thee shall no H3808 ADV man H376 NMS lift up H7311 VHY3MS his hand H3027 CFS-3MS or foot H7272 CFS-3MS in all H3605 B-CMS the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 .
45 And Pharaoh H6547 EMS called H7121 W-VQY3MS Joseph H3130 \'s name H8034 CMS Zaphnath H6847 - paaneah ; and he gave H5414 W-VQY3MS him to wife H802 L-NFS Asenath H621 the daughter H1323 CFS of Poti H6319 - pherah priest H3548 of On H204 . And Joseph H3130 went out H3318 W-VQY3MS over H5921 PREP all the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 .
46 And Joseph H3130 was thirty H7970 MMP years H8141 NFS old H1121 when he stood H5975 before H6440 L-CMP Pharaoh H6547 EMS king H4428 NMS of Egypt H4714 . And Joseph H3130 went out H3318 W-VQY3MS from the presence H6440 L-CMP of Pharaoh H6547 EMS , and went H5674 throughout all H3605 B-CMS the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 .
47 And in the seven H7651 plenteous H7647 years H8141 the earth H776 D-GFS brought forth H6213 by handfuls H7062 .
48 And he gathered up H6908 all H3605 NMS the food H400 NMS of the seven H7651 MFS years H8141 NFP , which H834 RPRO were H1961 VQQ3MP in the land H776 B-GFS of Egypt H4714 EFS , and laid up H5414 W-VQY3MS the food H400 NMS in the cities H5892 : the food H400 NMS of the field H7704 CMS , which H834 RPRO was round about H5439 every city H5892 D-GFS , laid he up H5414 VQQ3MS in the same H8432 .
49 And Joseph H3130 gathered H6651 corn H1250 as the sand H2344 of the sea H3220 D-NMS , very H3966 ADV much H7235 VHFA , until H5704 PREP he left H2308 numbering H5608 ; for H3588 CONJ it was without H369 NPAR number H4557 NMS .
50 And unto Joseph H3130 were born H3205 VWQ3MS two H8147 ONUM sons H1121 NMP before H2962 B-ADV the years H8141 of famine H7458 D-NMS came H935 VQY2MS , which H834 RPRO Asenath H621 the daughter H1323 CFS of Poti H6319 - pherah priest H3548 of On H204 bore H3205 VQQ3FS unto him .
51 And Joseph H3130 called H7121 W-VQY3MS the name H8034 CMS of the firstborn H1060 Manasseh H4519 : For H3588 CONJ God H430 EDP , said he , hath made me forget H5382 all H3605 NMS my toil H5999 , and all H3605 NMS my father H1 \'s house H1004 CMS .
52 And the name H8034 CMS of the second H8145 D-ONUM called H7121 VQQ3MS he Ephraim H669 : For H3588 CONJ God H430 EDP hath caused me to be fruitful H6509 in the land H776 B-GFS of my affliction H6040 .
53 And the seven H7651 MFS years H8141 of plenteousness H7647 , that H834 RPRO was H1961 VQQ3MS in the land H776 B-GFS of Egypt H4714 , were ended H3615 .
54 And the seven H7651 MFS years H8141 of dearth H7458 D-NMS began H2490 to come H935 L-VQFC , according as H834 K-RPRO Joseph H3130 had said H559 VQQ3MS : and the dearth H7458 NMS was H1961 W-VQY3MS in all H3605 B-CMS lands H776 ; but in all H3605 WB-CMS the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 EFS there was H1961 VQQ3MS bread H3899 NMS .
55 And when all H3605 NMS the land H776 GFS of Egypt H4714 EFS was famished H7456 , the people H5971 cried H6817 to H413 PREP Pharaoh H6547 EMS for bread H3899 : and Pharaoh H6547 EMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto all H3605 NMS the Egyptians H4714 EFS , Go H1980 VQI2MP unto H413 PREP Joseph H3130 ; what H834 RPRO he saith H559 W-VQY3MS to you , do H6213 .
56 And the famine H7458 was H1961 VQQ3MS over H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS the face H6440 CMP of the earth H776 D-GFS : And Joseph H3130 opened H6605 W-VQY3MS all H3605 NMS the storehouses H834 RPRO , and sold H7666 unto the Egyptians H4714 ; and the famine H7458 waxed sore H2388 in the land H776 B-GFS of Egypt H4714 .
57 And all H3605 W-CMS countries H776 D-GFS came H935 VQQ3MP into Egypt H4714 TFS-3FS to H413 PREP Joseph H3130 for to buy H7666 corn ; because H3588 CONJ that the famine H7458 D-NMS was so sore H2388 in all H3605 B-CMS lands H776 D-GFS .
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