Genesis 41

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 After a lapse of two years, Pharaoh had a dream. He saw himself standing by the Nile,	1 After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river,
2 when up out of the Nile came seven cows, handsome and fat; they grazed in the reed grass.	2 Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.
3 Behind them seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile; and standing on the bank of the Nile beside the others,	3 Other seven also came up out of the river, ill favoured, and leanfleshed: and they fed on the very bank of the river, in green places:
4 the ugly, gaunt cows ate up the seven handsome, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.	4 And they devoured them, whose bodies were very beautiful and well conditioned. So Pharao awoke.
5 He fell asleep again and had another dream. He saw seven ears of grain, fat and healthy, growing on a single stalk.	5 dummy verses inserted by amos
6 Behind them sprouted seven ears of grain, thin and blasted by the east wind;	6 He slept again, and dreamed another dream: Seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and fair:
7 and the seven thin ears swallowed up the seven fat, healthy ears. Then Pharaoh woke up, to find it was only a dream.
8 Next morning his spirit was agitated. So he summoned all the magicians and sages of Egypt and recounted his dreams to them; but no one could interpret his dreams for him.	8 Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted,
9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke up and said to Pharaoh: "On this occasion I am reminded of my negligence.	9 And devoured all the beauty of the former. Pharao awaked after his rest:
10 Once, when Pharaoh was angry, he put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the chief steward.	10 And when morning was come, being struck with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egypt, and to all the wise men: and they being called for, he told them his dream, and there was not any one that could interpret it.
11 Later, we both had dreams on the same night, and each of our dreams had its own meaning.	11 Then at length the chief butler remembering, said: I confess my sin:
12 There with us was a Hebrew youth, a slave of the chief steward; and when we told him our dreams, he interpreted them for us and explained for each of us the meaning of his dream.	12 The king being angry with his servants, commanded me and the chief baker to be cast into the prison of the captain of the soldiers:
13 And it turned out just as he had told us: I was restored to my post, but the other man was impaled."	13 Where in one night both of us dreamed a dream foreboding things to come.
14 Pharaoh therefore had Joseph summoned, and they hurriedly brought him from the dungeon. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he came into Pharaoh's presence.	14 There was there a young man a Hebrew, servant to the same captain of the soldiers: to whom we told our dreams,
15 Pharaoh then said to him: "I had certain dreams that no one can interpret. But I hear it said of you that the moment you are told a dream you can interpret it."	15 And we heard what afterwards the event of the thing proved to be so. For I was restored to my office: and he was hanged upon a gibbet.
16 "It is not I," Joseph replied to Pharaoh, "but God who will give Pharaoh the right answer."	16 Forthwith at the king's command, Joseph was brought out of the prison, and they shaved him, and changing his apparel, brought him in to him.
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: "In my dream, I was standing on the bank of the Nile,	17 And he said to him: I have dreamed dreams, and there is no one that can expound them: Now I have heard that thou art very wise at interpreting them.
18 when up from the Nile came seven cows, fat and well-formed; they grazed in the reed grass.	18 Joseph answered: Without me, God shall give Pharao a prosperous answer.
19 Behind them came seven other cows, scrawny, most ill-formed and gaunt. Never have I seen such ugly specimens as these in all the land of Egypt!	19 So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Methought I stood upon the bank of the river,
20 The gaunt, ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.	20 And seven kine came up out of the river exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture.
21 But when they had consumed them, no one could tell that they had done so, because they looked as ugly as before. Then I woke up.	21 And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt:
22 In another dream I saw seven ears of grain, fat and healthy, growing on a single stalk.	22 And the devoured and consumed the former,
23 Behind them sprouted seven ears of grain, shriveled and thin and blasted by the east wind;	23 And yet gave no mark of their being full: but were as lean and ill favoured as before. I awoke, and then fell asleep again,
24 and the seven thin ears swallowed up the seven healthy ears. I have spoken to the magicians, but none of them can give me an explanation."	24 And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, full and very fair.
25 Joseph said to Pharaoh: "Both of Pharaoh's dreams have the same meaning. God has thus foretold to Pharaoh what he is about to do.	25 Other seven also thin and blasted, sprung of the stock:
26 The seven healthy cows are seven years, and the seven healthy ears are seven years--the same in each dream.	26 And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it.
27 So also, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, as are the seven thin, wind-blasted ears; they are seven years of famine.	27 Joseph answered: The king's dream is one: God hath shewn to Pharao what he is about to do.
28 It is just as I told Pharaoh: God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.	28 The seven beautiful kine, and the seven full ears, are seven years of plenty: and both contain the same meaning of the dream.
29 Seven years of great abundance are now coming throughout the land of Egypt;	29 And the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them, and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind, are seven years of famine to come:
30 but these will be followed by seven years of famine, when all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. When the famine has ravaged the land,	30 Which shall be fulfilled in this order:
31 no trace of the abundance will be found in the land because of the famine that follows it--so utterly severe will that famine be.	31 Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of Egypt:
32 That Pharaoh had the same dream twice means that the matter has been reaffirmed by God and that God will soon bring it about.	32 After which shall follow other seven years of so great scacity, that all the abundance before shall be forgotten: for the famine shall consume all the land,
33 "Therefore, let Pharaoh seek out a wise and discerning man and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.	33 And the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.
34 Pharaoh should also take action to appoint overseers, so as to regiment the land during the seven years of abundance.	34 And for that thou didst see the second time a dream pertaining to the same thing: it is a token of the certainty, and that the word of God cometh to pass, and is fulfilled speedily.
35 They should husband all the food of the coming good years, collecting the grain under Pharaoh's authority, to be stored in the towns for food.	35 Now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and make him ruler over the land of Egypt:
36 This food will serve as a reserve for the country against the seven years of famine that are to follow in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish in the famine."	36 That he may appoint overseers over all the countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful years,
37 This advice pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.	37 That shall now presently ensue: and let all the corn be laid up under Pharao's hands and be reserved in the cities.
38 "Could we find another like him," Pharaoh asked his officials, "a man so endowed with the spirit of God?"	38 And let it be in readiness, against the famine of seven years to come, which shall oppress Egypt, and the land shall not consumed with scarcity.
39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph: "Since God has made all this known to you, no one can be as wise and discerning as you are.	39 The counsel pleased Pharao and all his servants.
40 You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people shall dart at your command. Only in respect to the throne shall I outrank you.	40 And he said to them: Can we find such another man, that is full of the spirit of God?
41 Herewith," Pharaoh told Joseph, "I place you in charge of the whole land of Egypt."	41 He said therefore to Joseph: Seeing God hath shewn thee all that thou hast said, can I find one wiser and one like unto thee?
42 With that, Pharaoh took off his signet ring and put it on Joseph's finger. He had him dressed in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck.	42 Thou shalt be over my house, and at the commandment of thy mouth all the people shall obey: only in the kingly throne will I be above thee.
43 He then had him ride in the chariot of his vizier, and they shouted "Abrek!" before him. Thus was Joseph installed over the whole land of Egypt.	43 And again Pharao said to Joseph: Behold, I have appointed thee over the whole land of Egypt.
44 "I, Pharaoh, proclaim," he told Joseph, "that without your approval no one shall move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."	44 And he took his ring from his own hand, and gave it into his hand: and he put upon him a robe of silk, and put a chain of gold about his neck.
45 Pharaoh also bestowed the name of Zaphnath-paneah on Joseph, and he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis.	45 And he made him go up into his second chariot, the crier proclaiming that all should bow their knee before him, and that they should know he was made govenor over the whole land of Egypt.
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. After Joseph left Pharaoh's presence, he traveled throughout the land of Egypt.	46 And the king said to Joseph: I am Pharao; without thy commandment no man shall move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
47 During the seven years of plenty, when the land produced abundant crops,	47 And he turned his name, and called him in the Eyyptian tounge, The saviour of the world. And he gave him to wife Asenth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis. Then Joseph went out to the land of Egypt:
48 he husbanded all the food of these years of plenty that the land of Egypt was enjoying and stored it in the towns, placing in each town the crops of the fields around it.	48 (Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao) and he went round all the countries of Egypt.
49 Joseph garnered grain in quantities like the sands of the sea, so vast that at last he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.	49 And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corm being bound up into sheaves was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.
50 Before the famine years set in, Joseph became the father of two sons, borne to him by Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis.	50 And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.
51 He named his first-born Manasseh, meaning, "God has made me forget entirely the sufferings I endured at the hands of my family";	51 And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.
52 and the second he named Ephraim, meaning, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."	52 And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore unto him.
53 When the seven years of abundance enjoyed by the land of Egypt came to an end,	53 And he called the name of the first born Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father's house.
54 the seven years of famine set in, just as Joseph had predicted. Although there was famine in all the other countries, food was available throughout the land of Egypt.	54 And he named the second Epharaim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.
55 When hunger came to be felt throughout the land of Egypt and the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, Pharaoh directed all the Egyptians to go to Joseph and do whatever he told them.	55 Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:
56 When the famine had spread throughout the land, Joseph opened all the cities that had grain and rationed it to the Egyptians, since the famine had gripped the land of Egypt.	56 The seven years of scarcity, which Joseph had foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed in the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.
57 In fact, all the world came to Joseph to obtain rations of grain, for famine had gripped the whole world.	57 And when there also they began to be famished, the people cried to Pharao for food. And he said to them: Go to Joseph: and do all that he shall say to you.
	58 And the famine increased daily in all the land: and Joseph opened all the barns, and sold to the Egyptians: for the famine had oppressed them also.