1And it came to pass at the end of two full years , that Pharaoh dreamed : and, behold, he stood by the river . 2And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed ; and they fed in a meadow . 3And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river , ill favoured and leanfleshed ; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river . 4And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine . So Pharaoh awoke . 5And he slept and dreamed the second time : and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk , rank and good . 6And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them . 7And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears . And Pharaoh awoke , and, behold, it was a dream . 8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled ; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt , and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream ; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh . 9Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh , saying , I do remember my faults this day : 10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants , and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house , both me and the chief baker : 11And we dreamed a dream in one night , I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream . 12And there was there with us a young man , an Hebrew , servant to the captain of the guard ; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams ; to each man according to his dream he did interpret . 13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office , and him he hanged . 14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph , and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon : and he shaved himself , and changed his raiment , and came in unto Pharaoh . 15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , I have dreamed a dream , and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. 16And Joseph answered Pharaoh , saying , It is not in me : God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace . 17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , In my dream , behold, I stood upon the bank of the river : 18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine , fatfleshed and well favoured ; and they fed in a meadow : 19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them , poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed , such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness : 20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine : 21And when they had eaten them up , it could not be known that they had eaten them ; but they were still ill favoured , as at the beginning . So I awoke . 22And I saw in my dream , and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk , full and good : 23And, behold, seven ears , withered , thin , and blasted with the east wind , sprung up after them : 24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears : and I told this unto the magicians ; but there was none that could declare it to me. 25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh , The dream of Pharaoh is one : God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do . 26The seven good kine are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one . 27And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years ; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine . 28This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh : What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh . 29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt : 30And 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 the land ;
Joseph's Rise to Power
31And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following ; for it shall be very grievous . 32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice ; it is because the thing is established by God , and God will shortly bring it to pass . 33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise , and set him over the land of Egypt . 34Let Pharaoh do this , and let him appoint officers over the land , and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years . 35And let them gather all the food of those good years that come , and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh , and let them keep food in the cities . 36And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine , which shall be in the land of Egypt ; that the land perish not through the famine . 37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh , and in the eyes of all his servants . 38And Pharaoh said unto his servants , Can we find such a one as this is , a man in whom the Spirit of God is ? 39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: 40Thou shalt be over my house , and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , See , I have set thee over all the land of Egypt . 42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand , and put it upon Joseph’s hand , and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen , and put a gold chain about his neck ; 43And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him , Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt . 44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , I am Pharaoh , and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt . 45And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah ; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On . And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt . 46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt . And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh , and went throughout all the land of Egypt .
The Famine and Its Impact
47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls . 48And he gathered up all the food of the seven years , which were in the land of Egypt , and laid up the food in the cities : the food of the field , which was round about every city , laid he up in the same . 49And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea , very much , until he left numbering ; for it was without number . 50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came , which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. 51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh : For God , said he , hath made me forget all my toil , and all my father’s house . 52And the name of the second called he Ephraim : For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction . 53And the seven years of plenteousness , that was in the land of Egypt , were ended . 54And the seven years of dearth began to come , according as Joseph had said : and the dearth was in all lands ; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread . 55And when all the land of Egypt was famished , the people cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians , Go unto Joseph ; what he saith to you, do . 56And the famine was over all the face of the earth : and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians ; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt . 57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands .