Bereshìt (בראשית) - Genesi 41

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים וּפַרְעֹה חֹלֵם וְהִנֵּה עֹמֵד עַל־הַיְאֹר	1 After two years, Pharaoh saw a dream. He thought himself to be standing above a river,
2 וְהִנֵּה מִן־הַיְאֹר עֹלֹת שֶׁבַע פָּרֹות יְפֹות מַרְאֶה וּבְרִיאֹת בָּשָׂר וַתִּרְעֶינָה בָּאָחוּ	2 from which ascended seven cows, exceedingly beautiful and stout. And they pastured in marshy places.
3 וְהִנֵּה שֶׁבַע פָּרֹות אֲחֵרֹות עֹלֹות אַחֲרֵיהֶן מִן־הַיְאֹר רָעֹות מַרְאֶה וְדַקֹּות בָּשָׂר וַתַּעֲמֹדְנָה אֵצֶל הַפָּרֹות עַל־שְׂפַת הַיְאֹר	3 Likewise, another seven emerged from the river, filthy and thoroughly emaciated. And they pastured on the same bank of the river, in green places.
4 וַתֹּאכַלְנָה הַפָּרֹות רָעֹות הַמַּרְאֶה וְדַקֹּת הַבָּשָׂר אֵת שֶׁבַע הַפָּרֹות יְפֹת הַמַּרְאֶה וְהַבְּרִיאֹת וַיִּיקַץ פַּרְעֹה	4 And they devoured those whose appearance and condition of body was so wonderful. Pharaoh, having been awakened,
5 וַיִּישָׁן וַיַּחֲלֹם שֵׁנִית וְהִנֵּה ׀ שֶׁבַע שִׁבֳּלִים עֹלֹות בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד בְּרִיאֹות וְטֹבֹות	5 slept again, and he saw another dream. Seven ears of grain sprung up on one stalk, full and well-formed.
6 וְהִנֵּה שֶׁבַע שִׁבֳּלִים דַּקֹּות וּשְׁדוּפֹת קָדִים צֹמְחֹות אַחֲרֵיהֶן	6 Likewise, other ears of grain, of the same number, rose up, thin and struck with blight,
7 וַתִּבְלַעְנָה הַשִּׁבֳּלִים הַדַּקֹּות אֵת שֶׁבַע הַשִּׁבֳּלִים הַבְּרִיאֹות וְהַמְּלֵאֹות וַיִּיקַץ פַּרְעֹה וְהִנֵּה חֲלֹום	7 devouring all the beauty of the first. Pharaoh, when he awakened after his rest,
8 וַיְהִי בַבֹּקֶר וַתִּפָּעֶם רוּחֹו וַיִּשְׁלַח וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־כָּל־חַרְטֻמֵּי מִצְרַיִם וְאֶת־כָּל־חֲכָמֶיהָ וַיְסַפֵּר פַּרְעֹה לָהֶם אֶת־חֲלֹמֹו וְאֵין־פֹּותֵר אֹותָם לְפַרְעֹה	8 and when morning arrived, being terrified with fear, sent to all the interpreters of Egypt and to all of the wise men. And when they were summoned, he explained to them his dream; but there was no one who could interpret it.
9 וַיְדַבֵּר שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים אֶת־פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר אֶת־חֲטָאַי אֲנִי מַזְכִּיר הַיֹּום	9 Then at last the chief cupbearer, remembering, said, “I confess my sin.
10 פַּרְעֹה קָצַף עַל־עֲבָדָיו וַיִּתֵּן אֹתִי בְּמִשְׁמַר בֵּית שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים אֹתִי וְאֵת שַׂר הָאֹפִים	10 The king, being angry with his servants, ordered me and the chief miller of grain to be forced into the prison of the leader of the military.
11 וַנַּחַלְמָה חֲלֹום בְּלַיְלָה אֶחָד אֲנִי וָהוּא אִישׁ כְּפִתְרֹון חֲלֹמֹו חָלָמְנוּ	11 There, in one night, both of us saw a dream presaging the future.
12 וְשָׁם אִתָּנוּ נַעַר עִבְרִי עֶבֶד לְשַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים וַנְּסַפֶּר־לֹו וַיִּפְתָּר־לָנוּ אֶת־חֲלֹמֹתֵינוּ אִישׁ כַּחֲלֹמֹו פָּתָר	12 In that place, there was a Hebrew, a servant of the same commander of the military, to whom we explained our dreams.
13 וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר פָּתַר־לָנוּ כֵּן הָיָה אֹתִי הֵשִׁיב עַל־כַּנִּי וְאֹתֹו תָלָה	13 Whatever we heard was proven afterwards by the event of the matter. For I was restored to my office, and he was suspended on a cross.”
14 וַיִּשְׁלַח פַּרְעֹה וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־יֹוסֵף וַיְרִיצֻהוּ מִן־הַבֹּור וַיְגַלַּח וַיְחַלֵּף שִׂמְלֹתָיו וַיָּבֹא אֶל־פַּרְעֹה	14 Immediately, by the king’s authority, Joseph was led out of prison, and they shaved him. And changing his apparel, they presented him to him.
15 וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יֹוסֵף חֲלֹום חָלַמְתִּי וּפֹתֵר אֵין אֹתֹו וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי עָלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר תִּשְׁמַע חֲלֹום לִפְתֹּר אֹתֹו	15 And he said to him, “I have seen dreams, and there is no one who can unfold them. I have heard that you are very wise at interpreting these.”
16 וַיַּעַן יֹוסֵף אֶת־פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר בִּלְעָדָי אֱלֹהִים יַעֲנֶה אֶת־שְׁלֹום פַּרְעֹה	16 Joseph responded, “Apart from me, God will respond favorably to Pharaoh.”
17 וַיְדַבֵּר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יֹוסֵף בַּחֲלֹמִי הִנְנִי עֹמֵד עַל־שְׂפַת הַיְאֹר	17 Therefore, Pharaoh explained what he had seen: “I thought myself to be standing on the bank of a river,
18 וְהִנֵּה מִן־הַיְאֹר עֹלֹת שֶׁבַע פָּרֹות בְּרִיאֹות בָּשָׂר וִיפֹת תֹּאַר וַתִּרְעֶינָה בָּאָחוּ	18 and seven cows climbed up from the river, exceedingly beautiful and full of flesh. And they grazed in a pasture of a marshy greenery.
19 וְהִנֵּה שֶׁבַע־פָּרֹות אֲחֵרֹות עֹלֹות אַחֲרֵיהֶן דַּלֹּות וְרָעֹות תֹּאַר מְאֹד וְרַקֹּות בָּשָׂר לֹא־רָאִיתִי כָהֵנָּה בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לָרֹעַ	19 And behold, there followed after these, another seven cows, with such deformity and emaciation as I had never seen in the land of Egypt.
20 וַתֹּאכַלְנָה הַפָּרֹות הָרַקֹּות וְהָרָעֹות אֵת שֶׁבַע הַפָּרֹות הָרִאשֹׁנֹות הַבְּרִיאֹת	20 These devoured and consumed the first,
21 וַתָּבֹאנָה אֶל־קִרְבֶּנָה וְלֹא נֹודַע כִּי־בָאוּ אֶל־קִרְבֶּנָה וּמַרְאֵיהֶן רַע כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּתְּחִלָּה וָאִיקָץ	21 giving no indication of being full. But they remained in the same state of emaciation and squalor. Awakening, but being weighed down into sleep again,
22 וָאֵרֶא בַּחֲלֹמִי וְהִנֵּה ׀ שֶׁבַע שִׁבֳּלִים עֹלֹת בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד מְלֵאֹת וְטֹבֹות	22 I saw a dream. Seven ears of grain sprang up on one stalk, full and very beautiful.
23 וְהִנֵּה שֶׁבַע שִׁבֳּלִים צְנֻמֹות דַּקֹּות שְׁדֻפֹות קָדִים צֹמְחֹות אַחֲרֵיהֶם	23 Likewise, another seven, thin and struck with blight, rose up from the stalk.
24 וַתִּבְלַעְןָ הָשִׁבֳּלִים הַדַּקֹּת אֵת שֶׁבַע הַשִׁבֳּלִים הַטֹּבֹות וָאֹמַר אֶל־הַחַרְטֻמִּים וְאֵין מַגִּיד לִי	24 And they devoured the beauty of the first. I explained this dream to the interpreters, and there is no one who can unfold it.”
25 וַיֹּאמֶר יֹוסֵף אֶל־פַּרְעֹה חֲלֹום פַּרְעֹה אֶחָד הוּא אֵת אֲשֶׁר הָאֱלֹהִים עֹשֶׂה הִגִּיד לְפַרְעֹה	25 Joseph responded: “The dream of the king is one. What God will do, he has revealed to Pharaoh.
26 שֶׁבַע פָּרֹת הַטֹּבֹת שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הֵנָּה וְשֶׁבַע הַשִּׁבֳּלִים הַטֹּבֹת שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הֵנָּה חֲלֹום אֶחָד הוּא	26 The seven beautiful cows, and the seven full ears of grain, are seven years of abundance. And so the force of the dreams is understood to be the same.
27 וְשֶׁבַע הַפָּרֹות הָרַקֹּות וְהָרָעֹת הָעֹלֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הֵנָּה וְשֶׁבַע הַשִׁבֳּלִים הָרֵקֹות שְׁדֻפֹות הַקָּדִים יִהְיוּ שֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי רָעָב	27 Likewise, the seven thin and emaciated cows, which ascended after them, and the seven thin ears of grain, which were struck with the burning wind, are seven approaching years of famine.
28 הוּא הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶל־פַּרְעֹה אֲשֶׁר הָאֱלֹהִים עֹשֶׂה הֶרְאָה אֶת־פַּרְעֹה	28 These will be fulfilled in this order.
29 הִנֵּה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים בָּאֹות שָׂבָע גָּדֹול בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם	29 Behold, there will arrive seven years of great fertility throughout the entire land of Egypt.
30 וְקָמוּ שֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי רָעָב אַחֲרֵיהֶן וְנִשְׁכַּח כָּל־הַשָּׂבָע בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְכִלָּה הָרָעָב אֶת־הָאָרֶץ	30 After this, there will follow another seven years, of such great barrenness that all the former abundance will be delivered into oblivion. For the famine will consume all the land,
31 וְלֹא־יִוָּדַע הַשָּׂבָע בָּאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָב הַהוּא אַחֲרֵי־כֵן כִּי־כָבֵד הוּא מְאֹד	31 and the greatness of this destitution will cause the greatness of the abundance to be lost.
32 וְעַל הִשָּׁנֹות הַחֲלֹום אֶל־פַּרְעֹה פַּעֲמָיִם כִּי־נָכֹון הַדָּבָר מֵעִם הָאֱלֹהִים וּמְמַהֵר הָאֱלֹהִים לַעֲשֹׂתֹו	32 Now, as to what you saw the second time, it is a dream pertaining to the same thing. It is an indication of its firmness, because the word of God shall be done, and it shall be completed swiftly.
33 וְעַתָּה יֵרֶא פַרְעֹה אִישׁ נָבֹון וְחָכָם וִישִׁיתֵהוּ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם	33 Now therefore, let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and place him over the land of Egypt,
34 יַעֲשֶׂה פַרְעֹה וְיַפְקֵד פְּקִדִים עַל־הָאָרֶץ וְחִמֵּשׁ אֶת־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּשֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הַשָּׂבָע	34 so that he may appoint overseers throughout all the regions. And let a fifth part of the fruits, throughout the seven fertile years
35 וְיִקְבְּצוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֹכֶל הַשָּׁנִים הַטֹּבֹת הַבָּאֹת הָאֵלֶּה וְיִצְבְּרוּ־בָר תַּחַת יַד־פַּרְעֹה אֹכֶל בֶּעָרִים וְשָׁמָרוּ	35 that now have already begun to occur, be gathered into storehouses. And let all the grain be stored away, under the power of Pharaoh, and let it be kept in the cities.
36 וְהָיָה הָאֹכֶל לְפִקָּדֹון לָאָרֶץ לְשֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הָרָעָב אֲשֶׁר תִּהְיֶיןָ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְלֹא־תִכָּרֵת הָאָרֶץ בָּרָעָב	36 And let it be prepared for the future famine of seven years, which will oppress Egypt, and then the land will not be consumed by destitution.”
37 וַיִּיטַב הַדָּבָר בְּעֵינֵי פַרְעֹה וּבְעֵינֵי כָּל־עֲבָדָיו	37 The counsel pleased Pharaoh and all his ministers.
38 וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־עֲבָדָיו הֲנִמְצָא כָזֶה אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים בֹּו	38 And he said to them, “Would we be able to find another such man, who is full of the Spirit of God?”
39 וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יֹוסֵף אַחֲרֵי הֹודִיעַ אֱלֹהִים אֹותְךָ אֶת־כָּל־זֹאת אֵין־נָבֹון וְחָכָם כָּמֹוךָ	39 Therefore, he said to Joseph: “Because God has revealed to you all that you have said, would I be able to find anyone wiser and as much like you?
40 אַתָּה תִּהְיֶה עַל־בֵּיתִי וְעַל־פִּיךָ יִשַּׁק כָּל־עַמִּי רַק הַכִּסֵּא אֶגְדַּל מִמֶּךָּ	40 You will be over my house, and to the authority of your mouth, all the people will show obedience. Only in one way, in the throne of the kingdom, will I go before you.”
41 וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יֹוסֵף רְאֵה נָתַתִּי אֹתְךָ עַל כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם	41 And again, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have appointed you over the entire land of Egypt.”
42 וַיָּסַר פַּרְעֹה אֶת־טַבַּעְתֹּו מֵעַל יָדֹו וַיִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ עַל־יַד יֹוסֵף וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ אֹתֹו בִּגְדֵי־שֵׁשׁ וַיָּשֶׂם רְבִד הַזָּהָב עַל־צַוָּארֹו	42 And he took the ring from his own hand, and he gave it into his hand. And he clothed him with a robe of fine linen, and he placed a necklace of gold around his neck.
43 וַיַּרְכֵּב אֹתֹו בְּמִרְכֶּבֶת הַמִּשְׁנֶה אֲשֶׁר־לֹו וַיִּקְרְאוּ לְפָנָיו אַבְרֵךְ וְנָתֹון אֹתֹו עַל כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם	43 And he caused him to ascend upon his second swift chariot, with the herald proclaiming that everyone should bend their knee before him, and that they should know that he was governor over the entire land of Egypt.
44 וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יֹוסֵף אֲנִי פַרְעֹה וּבִלְעָדֶיךָ לֹא־יָרִים אִישׁ אֶת־יָדֹו וְאֶת־רַגְלֹו בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם	44 Likewise, the king said to Joseph: “I am Pharaoh: apart from your authority, no one will move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
45 וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם־יֹוסֵף צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ וַיִּתֶּן־לֹו אֶת־אָסְנַת בַּת־פֹּוטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן לְאִשָּׁה וַיֵּצֵא יֹוסֵף עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם	45 And he changed his name and called him, in the Egyptian tongue: ‘Savior of the world.’ And he gave him as a wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis. And so Joseph went out into the land of Egypt.
46 וְיֹוסֵף בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה בְּעָמְדֹו לִפְנֵי פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרָיִם וַיֵּצֵא יֹוסֵף מִלִּפְנֵי פַרְעֹה וַיַּעְבֹר בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם	46 (Now he was thirty years old when he stood in the sight of king Pharaoh.) And he traveled throughout the regions of Egypt.
47 וַתַּעַשׂ הָאָרֶץ בְּשֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הַשָּׂבָע לִקְמָצִים	47 And the fertility of the seven years arrived. And when the grain fields were reduced to sheaves, these were gathered into the storehouses of Egypt.
48 וַיִּקְבֹּץ אֶת־כָּל־אֹכֶל ׀ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַיִּתֶּן־אֹכֶל בֶּעָרִים אֹכֶל שְׂדֵה־הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹתֶיהָ נָתַן בְּתֹוכָהּ	48 And now all the abundance of grain was stored away in every city.
49 וַיִּצְבֹּר יֹוסֵף בָּר כְּחֹול הַיָּם הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד עַד כִּי־חָדַל לִסְפֹּר כִּי־אֵין מִסְפָּר	49 And there was such a great abundance of wheat that it was comparable to the sands of the sea, and its bounty exceeded all measure.
50 וּלְיֹוסֵף יֻלַּד שְׁנֵי בָנִים בְּטֶרֶם תָּבֹוא שְׁנַת הָרָעָב אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה־לֹּו אָסְנַת בַּת־פֹּוטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹון	50 Then, before the famine arrived, Joseph had two sons born, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of Heliopolis, bore for him.
51 וַיִּקְרָא יֹוסֵף אֶת־שֵׁם הַבְּכֹור מְנַשֶּׁה כִּי־נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־עֲמָלִי וְאֵת כָּל־בֵּית אָבִי	51 And he called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has caused me to forget all my labors and the house of my father.”
52 וְאֵת שֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִי קָרָא אֶפְרָיִם כִּי־הִפְרַנִי אֱלֹהִים בְּאֶרֶץ עָנְיִי	52 Likewise, he named the second Ephraim, saying, “God has caused me to increase in the land of my poverty.”
53 וַתִּכְלֶינָה שֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הַשָּׂבָע אֲשֶׁר הָיָה בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם	53 And so, when the seven years of fertility that occurred in Egypt had passed,
54 וַתְּחִלֶּינָה שֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הָרָעָב לָבֹוא כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַר יֹוסֵף וַיְהִי רָעָב בְּכָל־הָאֲרָצֹות וּבְכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הָיָה לָחֶם	54 the seven years of destitution, which Joseph had predicted, began to arrive. And the famine prevailed throughout the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.
55 וַתִּרְעַב כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַיִּצְעַק הָעָם אֶל־פַּרְעֹה לַלָּחֶם וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה לְכָל־מִצְרַיִם לְכוּ אֶל־יֹוסֵף אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמַר לָכֶם תַּעֲשׂוּ	55 And being hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh, asking for provisions. And he said to them: “Go to Joseph. And do whatever he will tell you.”
56 וְהָרָעָב הָיָה עַל כָּל־פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ וַיִּפְתַּח יֹוסֵף אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בָּהֶם וַיִּשְׁבֹּר לְמִצְרַיִם וַיֶּחֱזַק הָרָעָב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם	56 Then the famine increased daily in all the land. And Joseph opened all of the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians. For the famine had oppressed them also.
57 וְכָל־הָאָרֶץ בָּאוּ מִצְרַיְמָה לִשְׁבֹּר אֶל־יֹוסֵף כִּי־חָזַק הָרָעָב בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ	57 And all the provinces came to Egypt, to buy food and to temper the misfortune of their destitution.