Genesis 41

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Two years later it happened that Pharaoh had a dream: there he was, standing by the Nile,	1 After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river,
2 and there, coming up from the Nile, were seven cows, sleek and fat, and they began to feed amongthe rushes.	2 Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.
3 And then seven other cows, wretched and lean, came up from the Nile, behind them; and these wentover and stood beside the other cows on the bank of the Nile.	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 wretched and lean cows ate the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.	4 And they devoured them, whose bodies were very beautiful and well conditioned. So Pharao awoke.
5 He fel asleep and dreamed a second time: there, growing on one stalk, were seven ears of grain, fulland ripe.	5 dummy verses inserted by amos
6 And then sprouting up, behind them, came seven ears of grain, meagre and scorched by the eastwind.	6 He slept again, and dreamed another dream: Seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and fair:
7 The scanty ears of grain swal owed the seven ful and ripe ears of grain. Then Pharaoh woke up; ithad been a dream.
8 In the morning Pharaoh, feeling disturbed, had all the magicians and wise men of Egypt summoned tohim. Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no one to interpret it for Pharaoh.	8 Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted,
9 Then the chief cup-bearer addressed Pharaoh, 'Today, I recal having been at fault.	9 And devoured all the beauty of the former. Pharao awaked after his rest:
10 When Pharaoh was angry with his servants, he put myself and the chief baker in custody in thehouse of the commander of the guard.	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 We had a dream on the same night, he and I, and each man's dream had a meaning for himself.	11 Then at length the chief butler remembering, said: I confess my sin:
12 There was a young Hebrew with us, one of the slaves belonging to the commander of the guard. Wetold our dreams to him and he interpreted them for us, tel ing each of us what his dream meant.	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 It turned out exactly according to his interpretation: I was restored to my position, but the other manwas hanged.'	13 Where in one night both of us dreamed a dream foreboding things to come.
14 Then Pharaoh had Joseph summoned, and they hurried him from the dungeon. He shaved andchanged his clothes, and presented himself before Pharaoh.	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 said to Joseph, 'I have had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it. But I have heard itsaid of you that you can interpret a dream the instant you hear 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 'Not I,' Joseph replied to Pharaoh, 'God wil give Pharaoh a favourable 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 So Pharaoh told Joseph, 'In my dream there 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 And there were seven cows, fat and sleek, coming up out of the Nile, and they began to feed amongthe rushes.	18 Joseph answered: Without me, God shall give Pharao a prosperous answer.
19 And then seven other cows came up, behind them, starved, very wretched and lean; I have neverseen such poor cows in all Egypt.	19 So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Methought I stood upon the bank of the river,
20 The lean and wretched 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 eaten them up, it was impossible to tel they had eaten them, for they looked aswretched as ever. 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 And then again in my dream, there, growing on one stalk, were seven ears of grain, beautiful y ripe;	22 And the devoured and consumed the former,
23 but then sprouting up behind them came seven ears of grain, withered, meagre and scorched by theeast 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 Then the shrivel ed ears of grain swal owed the seven ripe ears of grain. I have told the magicians,but no one has given me the answer.'	24 And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, full and very fair.
25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, 'Pharaoh's dreams are one and the same: God has revealed to Pharaohwhat he is going to do.	25 Other seven also thin and blasted, sprung of the stock:
26 The seven fine cows are seven years and the seven ripe ears of grain are seven years; it is one andthe same 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 The seven gaunt and lean cows coming up behind them are seven years, as are the seven shrivel edears of grain scorched by the east wind: there wil be 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 as I have told Pharaoh: God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is going 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 are coming, bringing great plenty to the whole 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 seven years of famine will fol ow them, when al the plenty in Egypt wil be forgotten, and faminewil exhaust the land.	30 Which shall be fulfilled in this order:
31 The famine that is to fol ow wil be so very severe that no one wil remember what plenty the countryused to enjoy.	31 Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of Egypt:
32 The reason why Pharaoh had the same dream twice is that the event is already determined by God,and God wil shortly 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 'Pharaoh should now find someone intel igent and wise to govern Egypt.	33 And the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.
34 Pharaoh should take action and appoint supervisors for the country, and impose a tax of one-fifth onEgypt during the seven years of plenty.	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 wil col ect al the food produced during these good years that are coming, and store the grainunder Pharaoh's authority, putting it in the towns and keeping it.	35 Now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and make him ruler over the land of Egypt:
36 This food wil form a reserve for the country against the seven years of famine which are coming onEgypt, so that the country wil not be destroyed by 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 Pharaoh and all his ministers approved of what he had said.	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 Then Pharaoh asked his ministers, 'Can we find anyone else endowed with the spirit of God, likehim?'	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 given you knowledge of al this, there can be no one asintelligent and wise as you.	39 The counsel pleased Pharao and all his servants.
40 You shall be my chancel or, and al my people shall respect your orders; only this throne shal set meabove you.'	40 And he said to them: Can we find such another man, that is full of the spirit of God?
41 Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'I hereby make you governor of the whole 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 Pharaoh took the ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's. He dressed him in robes of fine linen andput a gold chain round 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 made him ride in the best chariot he had after his own, and they shouted 'Abrek!' ahead of him.Thus he became governor of the whole of Egypt.	43 And again Pharao said to Joseph: Behold, I have appointed thee over the whole land of Egypt.
44 Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Although I am Pharaoh, no one is to move hand or foot without yourpermission throughout 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 named Joseph Zaphenath-Paneah, and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest ofOn, to be his wife. And Joseph began to journey al over Egypt.	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 leavingPharaoh's presence, Joseph travel ed throughout the length and breadth 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, the soil yielded generously.	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 col ected al the food of the seven years while there was an abundance in Egypt, and stored thefood in the towns, placing in each the food from the surrounding countryside.	48 (Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao) and he went round all the countries of Egypt.
49 Joseph gathered in grain like the sand of the sea, in such quantity that he gave up keeping count,since it was past accounting.	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 year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph: Asenath daughter of Potiphera,priest of On, bore him these.	50 And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.
51 Joseph named the first-born Manasseh, 'Because', he said, 'God has made me completely forget myhardships and my father's House.'	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 He named the second Ephraim, 'Because', he said, 'God has made me fruitful in the country of mymisfortune.'	52 And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore unto him.
53 Then the seven years of plenty that there had been in 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 and the seven years of famine set in, as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in every country,but throughout Egypt there was food.	54 And he named the second Epharaim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.
55 But when al Egypt too began to feel the famine and the people appealed to Pharaoh for food,Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'	55 Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:
56 There was famine all over the world. Then Joseph opened al the granaries and rationed out grain tothe Egyptians, as the famine grew even worse in 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 People came to Egypt from al over the world to get supplies from Joseph, for the famine had grownsevere throughout the 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.