Verse 38
Genesis 41:38
New Living Translation
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So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the spirit of God (Elohim)?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֖ה אֶל עֲבָדָ֑י/ו הֲ/נִמְצָ֣א כָ/זֶ֔ה אִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֛ר ר֥וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֖ים בּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a man in whom is the spirit of God?”
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Chapter 41 Context
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Two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.
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In his dream he saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh...
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Then he saw seven more cows come up behind them from the Nile, but these were scrawny and thin. Thes...
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Then the scrawny, thin cows ate the seven healthy, fat cows! At this point in the dream, Pharaoh wok...
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But he fell asleep again and had a second dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain, plump and be...
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Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were shriveled and withered by the east wind.
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And these thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, well-formed heads! Then Pharaoh woke up again and...
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The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wi...
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Finally, the king’s chief cup-bearer spoke up. “Today I have been reminded of my failure,” he told P...
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“Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of t...
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One night the chief baker and I each had a dream, and each dream had its own meaning.
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There was a young Hebrew man with us in the prison who was a slave of the captain of the guard. We t...
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And everything happened just as he had predicted. I was restored to my position as cup-bearer, and t...
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Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was quickly brought from the prison. After he shaved and cha...
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream last night, and no one here can tell me what it means. B...
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“It is beyond my power to do this,” Joseph replied. “But God (Elohim) can tell you what it means and...
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So Pharaoh told Joseph his dream. “In my dream,” he said, “I was standing on the bank of the Nile Ri...
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and I saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.
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But then I saw seven sick-looking cows, scrawny and thin, come up after them. I’ve never seen such s...
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These thin, scrawny cows ate the seven fat cows.
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But afterward you wouldn’t have known it, for they were still as thin and scrawny as before! Then I...
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“In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, full and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.
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Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were blighted, shriveled, and withered by the eas...
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And the shriveled heads swallowed the seven healthy heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but...
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Joseph responded, “Both of Pharaoh’s dreams mean the same thing. God (Elohim) is telling Pharaoh in...
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The seven healthy cows and the seven healthy heads of grain both represent seven years of prosperity...
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The seven thin, scrawny cows that came up later and the seven thin heads of grain, withered by the e...
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“This will happen just as I have described it, for God (Elohim) has revealed to Pharaoh in advance w...
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The next seven years will be a period of great prosperity throughout the land of Egypt.
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But afterward there will be seven years of famine so great that all the prosperity will be forgotten...
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This famine will be so severe that even the memory of the good years will be erased.
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As for having two similar dreams, it means that these events have been decreed by God (Elohim), and...
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“Therefore, Pharaoh should find an intelligent and wise man and put him in charge of the entire land...
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Then Pharaoh should appoint supervisors over the land and let them collect one-fifth of all the crop...
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Have them gather all the food produced in the good years that are just ahead and bring it to Pharaoh...
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That way there will be enough to eat when the seven years of famine come to the land of Egypt. Other...
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Joseph’s suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his officials.
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So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the...
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God (Elohim) has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, clea...
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You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on m...
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt.”
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Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him...
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Then he had Joseph ride in the chariot reserved for his second-in-command. And wherever Joseph went,...
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And Pharaoh said to him, “I am Pharaoh, but no one will lift a hand or foot in the entire land of Eg...
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Then Pharaoh gave Joseph a new Egyptian name, Zaphenath-paneah. He also gave him a wife, whose name...
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He was thirty years old when he began serving in the court of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And when J...
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As predicted, for seven years the land produced bumper crops.
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During those years, Joseph gathered all the crops grown in Egypt and stored the grain from the surro...
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He piled up huge amounts of grain like sand on the seashore. Finally, he stopped keeping records bec...
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During this time, before the first of the famine years, two sons were born to Joseph and his wife, A...
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Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, “God (Elohim) has made me forget all my troubles a...
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Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, “God (Elohim) has made me fruitful in this land of...
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At last the seven years of bumper crops throughout the land of Egypt came to an end.
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Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. The famine also struck all the s...
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Eventually, however, the famine spread throughout the land of Egypt as well. And when the people cri...
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So with severe famine everywhere, Joseph opened up the storehouses and distributed grain to the Egyp...
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And people from all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe thro...
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Verse Information
- Book
- Genesis
- Chapter
- Chapter 41 (57 verses)
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- New Living Translation