Verse 12
Genesis 41:12
Bible in Basic English
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And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him, he gave us the sense of them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/שָׁ֨ם אִתָּ֜/נוּ נַ֣עַר עִבְרִ֗י עֶ֚בֶד לְ/שַׂ֣ר הַ/טַּבָּחִ֔ים וַ/נְּ֨סַפֶּר ל֔/וֹ וַ/יִּפְתָּר לָ֖/נוּ אֶת חֲלֹמֹתֵ֑י/נוּ אִ֥ישׁ כַּ/חֲלֹמ֖/וֹ פָּתָֽר
English Translation
And there was with us a young Hebrew servant to the chief of the executioners, and we told him, and he interpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his dream.
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Chapter 41 Context
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Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nil...
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And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass.
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And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the si...
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And the seven thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows. Then Pharaoh came out of his sleep.
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But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and go...
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And after them came up seven other heads, thin and wasted by the east wind.
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And the seven thin heads made a meal of the good heads. And when Pharaoh was awake he saw it was a d...
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And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the ho...
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Then the chief wine-servant said to Pharaoh, The memory of my sin comes back to me now;
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Pharaoh had been angry with his servants, and had put me in prison in the house of the captain of th...
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And we had a dream on the same night, the two of us, and the dreams had a special sense.
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And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him,...
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And it came about as he said: I was put back in my place, and the bread-maker was put to death by ha...
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Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cu...
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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, and no one is able to give me the sense of it; now i...
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Then Joseph said, Without God (Elohim) there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.
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Then Pharaoh said, In my dream I was by the side of the Nile:
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And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;
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Then after them came seven other cows, very thin and poor-looking, worse than any I ever saw in the...
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And the thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows who came up first;
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And even with the fat cows inside them they seemed as bad as before. And so I came out of my sleep.
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And again in a dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stem:
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And then I saw seven other heads, dry, thin, and wasted by the east wind, coming up after them:
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And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise m...
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Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God (Elohim) has made clear to Pharaoh what...
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The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have...
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The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of...
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As I said to Pharaoh before, God (Elohim) has made clear to him what he is about to do.
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Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;
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And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good...
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And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will...
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And this dream came to Pharaoh twice, because this thing is certain, and God (Elohim) will quickly m...
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And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over th...
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Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part o...
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And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's...
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And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt;...
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And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
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Then Pharaoh said to his servants, Where may we get such a man as this, a man in whom is the spirit...
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And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God (Elohim) has made all this clear to you, there is no oth...
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You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will...
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41
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.
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42
Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed wit...
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And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make...
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44
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the...
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And Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-...
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Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from...
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Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.
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And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: th...
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So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he...
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50
And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, pries...
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And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God (Elohim) has taken away from me all mem...
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And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God (Elohim) has given me fruit in the land...
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And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.
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54
Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were...
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And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and...
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And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave...
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And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.
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