1After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had…
2when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up…
3After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin,…
4And the cows that were sickly and thin…
5but he fell back asleep and dreamed a…
6After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted,…
7And the thin heads of grain swallowed up…
8In the morning his spirit was troubled, so…
9Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today…
10Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and…
11One night both the chief baker and I…
12Now a young Hebrew was there with us,…
13And it happened to us just as he…
14So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly…
15Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream,…
16“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but…
17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream…
18when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up…
19After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came…
20Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven…
21When they had devoured them, however, no one…
22In my dream I also saw seven heads…
23After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered,…
24And the thin heads of grain swallowed the…
25At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams…
26The seven good cows are seven years, and…
27Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came…
28It is just as I said to Pharaoh:…
29Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming…
30but seven years of famine will follow them.…
31The abundance in the land will not be…
32Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh…
33Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning…
34Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over…
35Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect…
36This food will be a reserve for the…
37This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.
38So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone…
39Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has…
40You shall be in charge of my house,…
41Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you…
42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his…
43He had Joseph ride in his second chariot,…
44And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh,…
45Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he…
46Now Joseph was thirty years old when he…
47During the seven years of abundance, the land…
48During those seven years, Joseph collected all the…
49So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance,…
50Before the years of famine arrived, two sons…
51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has…
52And the second son he named Ephraim, saying,…
53When the seven years of abundance in the…
54the seven years of famine began, just as…
55When extreme hunger came to all the land…
56When the famine had spread over all the…
57And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt…
