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And it was, from the end of two··years of days, and Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by◦ the river◦.
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And behold, from the river◦ there came··up seven cows, beautiful in appearance and nourished in flesh; and they pastured in the sedge.
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And behold, seven other cows came··up after them out··of the river◦, evil of appearance and thin in flesh, and stood beside the cows upon the lip of the river◦.
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And the cows, bad of appearance and thin in flesh, did eat up the seven cows, beautiful of appearance and nourished. And Pharaoh awoke.
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And he slept and dreamed a second time, and behold, seven ears◦ of grain came··up upon◦ one reed, nourished and good.
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And behold, seven ears◦ thin and scorched by the east··wind grew after them.
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And the thin ears◦ swallowed··up the seven nourished and full ears◦. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
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And it was, in the morning, and his spirit was disquieted; and he sent and called all the magicians of Egypt, and all her wise men; and Pharaoh told· them ·of his dream; and no··one interpreted these things to Pharaoh.
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And spoke the prince of the cupbearers with◦ Pharaoh, saying, I◦ do remember my sins today.
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Pharaoh was··enraged against his servants, and put◦ me under guard in the house of the prince of the guards◦, me and the prince of the bakers;
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and we dreamed a dream in one night, I◦ and he◦; we dreamed a man◦ according··to the interpretation of his dream.
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And there was with◦ us there a Hebrew lad, servant to the prince of the guards◦; and we recounted◦ to him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to a man◦ according··to his dream he did interpret.
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And it was, as◦ he interpreted to us, so it was; me he returned to my position◦, and him he hanged.
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And Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they hurried him* from the pit; and he trimmed◦ his hair, and changed his raiment, and came to▵ Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh said to▵ Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it; and I◦ have heard concerning thee, saying, thou hearest a dream to interpret it.
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And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, Not to me; God shall answer peace to Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh spoke to▵ Joseph, In my dream behold, I stood on the lip of the river◦;
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and behold, from the river◦ there came··up seven cows, nourished in flesh and beautiful of form◦; and they pastured in the sedge.
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and behold, seven other cows came··up afterwards, poor and very bad in form◦, and slender in flesh; they◦ were as I have not seen in all the land of Egypt for badness;
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and the slender and bad cows did eat··up the first seven nourished cows;
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and they came··in to▵ their inward··parts, and it was not known that they had come··in to▵ their inward··parts; and their appearance was bad, as◦ in the beginning. And I awoke.
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And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears◦ came··up upon◦ one reed, full and good;
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and behold, seven ears◦, shriveled, thin, and scorched by the east··wind, grew up after them;
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and the thin ears◦ swallowed··up the seven good ears◦; and I say it to▵ the magicians; and no··one tells it to me.
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And Joseph said to▵ Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh, it◦ is one; what God is doing He has told to Pharaoh.
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The seven good cows, they◦ are seven years, and the seven good ears◦, they◦ are seven years; the dream, it◦ is one.
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And the seven slender and evil cows that came··up after them, they◦ are seven years, and the seven empty ears◦ scorched with the east··wind shall be seven years of famine.
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This◦ is the word*, that I spoke to▵ Pharaoh; what God does He has caused Pharaoh to see.
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Behold, there come seven years of great plenty in all the land of Egypt;
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and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume··all the land;
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and the plenty shall not ·be known in the land from the faces of that◦ famine after it, for it◦ shall be very heavy.
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And the dream was repeated◦ to▵ Pharaoh two··times◦, for◦ the word is established by▵ God, and God is hastening to do it.
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And now let Pharaoh see a man◦ with understanding and wisdom, and put him over the land of Egypt.
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Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty.
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And let them bring··together all the food of those good years that come, and pile··up grain◦ under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them guard it.
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And the food shall be for a deposit for the land for the seven years of the famine that shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not be cut··off in the famine.
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And the word was··good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
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And Pharaoh said to▵ his servants, Shall we find such a one as this, a man◦ in whom is the spirit of God?
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And Pharaoh said to▵ Joseph, Since▵ God has caused thee to know all this, there is no··one so with understanding and wisdom as▵ thou.
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Thou◦ shalt be over my house, and upon thy mouth shall all my people kiss; only in the throne will I be··greater than thou.
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And Pharaoh said to▵ Joseph, See, I have put◦ thee over all the land of Egypt.
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And Pharaoh removed his ring from upon his hand, and put◦ it upon the hand of Joseph, and clothed him in garments of fine··linen, and set a necklace of gold upon his neck;
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and he had him ride in the second chariot that he had◦; and they proclaimed before him, Abrech*; and he put◦ him over all the land of Egypt.
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And Pharaoh said to▵ Joseph, I◦ am Pharaoh, and besides thee shall no◦ man◦ lift··high his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
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And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneach; and he gave him Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On for a woman; and Joseph went··out over the land of Egypt.
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And Joseph was a son of thirty years when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went··out from before Pharaoh, and passed into all the land of Egypt.
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And the land made a gathering* by handfuls in the seven years of plenty.
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And he brought··together all the food of the seven years that were in the land of Egypt, and put◦ the food in cities; the food of the field of the city, that which was all around her, he put◦ in the midst of her.
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And Joseph piled··up grain◦ as the sand of the sea, multiplying it exceedingly, until he stopped numbering, for it had no number.
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And to Joseph was··born* two sons before◦ the year of famine came, to whom Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On gave··birth for him.
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And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh; For God has made me forget◦ all my labor, and all the house of my father.
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And the name of the second called he Ephraim; For God has made· me ·fruitful in the land of my affliction.
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And the seven years of plenty, which was in the land of Egypt, were completed.
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And the seven years of famine began to come, as◦ Joseph had said; and there was famine in all the lands; and in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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And all the land of Egypt was··hungry, and the people cried to▵ Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all Egypt, Go to▵ Joseph; what he says to you, do.
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And the famine was on all the faces of the land; and Joseph opened all that was in them*, and rationed to Egypt; and the famine held··firm in the land of Egypt.
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And all the land came to Egypt to purchase, to▵ Joseph; for the famine held··firm in all the land.