¹ And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River,

² and lo, from the River coming up are seven kine, of fair appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds;

³ and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean [in] flesh, and they stand near the kine on the edge of the River,

⁴ and the kine of bad appearance and lean [in] flesh eat up the seven kine of fair appearance, and fat -- and Pharaoh awaketh.

⁵ And he sleepeth, and dreameth a second time, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,

⁶ and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

⁷ and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears -- and Pharaoh awaketh, and lo, a dream.

⁸ And it cometh to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sendeth and calleth all the scribes of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounteth to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh.

⁹ And the chief of the butlers speaketh with Pharaoh, saying, `My sin I mention this day:

¹⁰ Pharaoh hath been wroth against his servants, and giveth me into charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers;

¹¹ and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.

¹² And there [is] with us a youth, a Hebrew, servant to the chief of the executioners, and we recount to him, and he interpreteth to us our dreams, [to] each according to his dream hath he interpreted,

¹³ and it cometh to pass, as he hath interpreted to us so it hath been, me he put back on my station, and him he hanged.'

¹⁴ And Pharaoh sendeth and calleth Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaveth, and changeth his garments, and cometh in unto Pharaoh.

¹⁵ And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `A dream I have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it, and I -- I have heard concerning thee, saying, Thou understandest a dream to interpret it,'

¹⁶ and Joseph answereth Pharaoh, saying, `Without me -- God doth answer Pharaoh with peace.'

¹⁷ And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph: `In my dream, lo, I am standing by the edge of the River,

¹⁸ and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat [in] flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;

¹⁹ and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean [in] flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness.

²⁰ `And the lean and the bad kine eat up the first seven fat kine,

²¹ and they come in unto their midst, and it hath not been known that they have come in unto their midst, and their appearance [is] bad as at the commencement; and I awake.

²² `And I see in my dream, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good;

²³ and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

²⁴ and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.'

²⁵ And Joseph saith unto Pharaoh, `The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he hath declared to Pharaoh;

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 bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;

²⁸ this [is] the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: That which God is doing, he hath shewn Pharaoh.

²⁹ `Lo, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,

³⁰ and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine hath finished the land,

³¹ and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterwards, for it [is] very grievous.

³² `And because of the repeating of the dream unto Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hastening to do it.

³³ `And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;

³⁴ let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty,

³⁵ and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh -- food in the cities; and they have kept [it],

³⁶ and the food hath been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.'

³⁷ And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,

³⁸ and Pharaoh saith unto his servants, `Do we find like this, a man in whom the spirit of God [is]?'

³⁹ and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `After God's causing thee to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as thou;

⁴⁰ thou -- thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.'

⁴¹ And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `See, I have put thee over all the land of Egypt.'

⁴² And Pharaoh turneth aside his seal-ring from off his hand, and putteth it on the hand of Joseph, and clotheth him [with] garments of fine linen, and placeth a chain of gold on his neck,

⁴³ and causeth him to ride in the second chariot which he hath, and they proclaim before him, `Bow the knee!' and -- to put him over all the land of Egypt.

⁴⁴ And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `I [am] Pharaoh, and without thee a man doth not lift up his hand and his foot in all the land of Egypt;'

⁴⁵ and Pharaoh calleth Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he giveth to him Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, for a wife, and Joseph goeth out over the land of Egypt.

⁴⁶ And Joseph [is] a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goeth out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passeth over through all the land of Egypt;

⁴⁷ and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.

⁴⁸ And he gathereth all the food of the seven years which have been in the land of Egypt, and putteth food in the cities; the food of the field which [is] round about [each] city hath he put in its midst;

⁴⁹ and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.

⁵⁰ And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine cometh, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him,

⁵¹ and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: `for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;'

⁵² and the name of the second he hath called Ephraim: `for, God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of mine affliction.'

⁵³ And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,

⁵⁴ and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;

⁵⁵ and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people crieth unto Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh saith to all the Egyptians, `Go unto Joseph; that which he saith to you -- do.'

⁵⁶ And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph openeth all [places] which have [corn] in them, and selleth to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,

⁵⁷ and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

¹ And he commandeth him who [is] over his house, saying, `Fill the bags of the men [with] food, as they are able to bear, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag;

² and my cup, the silver cup, thou dost put in the mouth of the bag of the young one, and his corn-money;' and he doth according to the word of Joseph which he hath spoken.

³ The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their asses --

⁴ they have gone out of the city -- they have not gone far off -- and Joseph hath said to him who [is] over his house, `Rise, pursue after the men; and thou hast overtaken them, and thou hast said unto them, Why have ye recompensed evil for good?

⁵ Is not this that with which my lord drinketh? and he observeth diligently with it; ye have done evil [in] that which ye have done.'

⁶ And he overtaketh them, and speaketh unto them these words,

⁷ and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;

⁸ lo, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back unto thee from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of thy lord silver or gold?

⁹ with whomsoever of thy servants it is found, he hath died, and we also are to my lord for servants.'

¹⁰ And he saith, `Now, also, according to your words, so it [is]; he with whom it is found becometh my servant, and ye are acquitted;'

¹¹ and they hasten and take down each his bag to the earth, and each openeth his bag;

¹² and he searcheth -- at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed -- and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;

¹³ and they rend their garments, and each ladeth his ass, and they turn back to the city.

¹⁴ And Judah -- his brethren also -- cometh in unto the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall before him to the earth;

¹⁵ and Joseph saith to them, `What [is] this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'

¹⁶ And Judah saith, `What do we say to my lord? what do we speak? and what -- do we justify ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; lo, we [are] servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup hath been found;'

¹⁷ and he saith, `Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup hath been found, he becometh my servant; and ye, go ye up in peace unto your father.'

¹⁸ And Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, `O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant -- for thou art as Pharaoh.

¹⁹ My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother?

²⁰ and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him.

²¹ `And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;

²² and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

²³ and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.

²⁴ `And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;

²⁵ and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,

²⁶ and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.

²⁷ `And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,

²⁸ and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn -- torn! and I have not seen him since;

²⁹ when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol.

³⁰ `And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

³¹ then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol;

³² for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.

³³ `And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,

³⁴ for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'