Bible (King James)/Genesis/Chapter 41

And1715. it came to paſs at the end of two full years that Pharaoh ^[1] dreamed: and, behold, he ſtood by the river.

2 And, behold, there came up out of the river ſeven well favoured kine and fatfleſhed; and they fed in a meadow.

3 And, behold, ſeven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleſhed; and ſtood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

4 And the ill favoured and leanfleſhed kine did eat up the ſeven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

5 And he ſlept and dreamed the ſecond time: and, behold, ſeven ears of corn came up upon one ſtalk, †† Heb. fat. rank and good.

6 And, behold, ſeven thin ears and blaſted with the eaſt wind ſprung up after them.

7 And the ſeven thin ears devoured the ſeven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

8 And it came to paſs in the morning ^[2] that his ſpirit was troubled; and he ſent and called for all ^[3] the magicians of Egypt, and all the ^[4] wiſe men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

9 ¶ Then ſpake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, ſaying, I do remember my faults this day:

10 Pharaoh was ^[5] wroth with his ſervants, ^[6] and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's houſe, both me and the chief baker:

11 And ^[7] we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, ^[8] ſervant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he ^[9] interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

13 And it came to paſs, ^[10] as he interpreted to us ſo it was; me he reſtored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

14 ¶ ^[11] Then Pharaoh ſent and called Joſeph, and they ^[12] †† Heb. made him run. brought him haſtily ^[13] out of the dungeon: and he ſhaved himſelf, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

15 And Pharaoh ſaid unto Joſeph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: ^[14] and I have heard ſay of thee, that ‖‖ Or thou canſt underſtand a dream to interpret it.

16 And Joſeph anſwered Pharaoh, ſaying, ^[15] It is not in me: ^[16] God ſhall give Pharaoh an anſwer of peace.

17 And Pharaoh ſaid unto Joſeph, In my dream, behold, I ſtood upon the bank of the river:

18 And, behold, there came up out of the river ſeven kine, fatfleſhed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

19 And, behold, ſeven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleſhed, ſuch as I never ſaw in all the land of Egypt for badneſs:

20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the firſt ſeven fat kine:

21 And when they had †† Heb. come to the inward parts of them. eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were ſtill ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

22 And I ſaw in my dream, and, behold, ſeven ears came up in one ſtalk, full and good:

23 And, behold, ſeven ears, ‖‖ Or, ſmall. withered, thin, and blaſted with the eaſt wind, ſprung up after them:

24 And the thin ears devoured the ſeven good ears: and ^[17] I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

25 ¶ And Joſeph ſaid unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: ^[18] God hath ſhewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

26 The ſeven good kine are ſeven years; and the ſeven good ears are ſeven years: the dream is one.

27 And the ſeven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are ſeven years; and the ſeven empty ears blaſted with the eaſt wind ſhall be ^[19] ſeven years of famine.

28 ^[20] This is the thing which I have ſpoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he ſheweth unto Pharaoh.

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