Verse 46
Genesis 41:46
Free Bible Version
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It was during this time, before the years of famine came, that Joseph had two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/יוֹסֵף֙ בֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה בְּ/עָמְד֕/וֹ לִ/פְנֵ֖י פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וַ/יֵּצֵ֤א יוֹסֵף֙ מִ/לִּ/פְנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה וַֽ/יַּעְבֹ֖ר בְּ/כָל אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
English Translation
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and passed through all the land of Egypt.
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Chapter 41 Context
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A full two years later, Pharaoh had a dream that he was standing beside the River Nile.
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He saw seven cows coming up from the river. They looked well-fed and healthy as they grazed among th...
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Then he saw another seven cows that came up behind them. They looked ugly and skinny as they stood b...
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Then the ugly, skinny cows ate the well-fed, healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
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Pharaoh fell asleep again and had a second dream. Seven heads of grain were growing on one stalk, ri...
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Then seven heads of grain grew up after them, thin and dried by the east wind.
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The seven thin and dried heads of grain swallowed up the ripe and healthy ones. Then Pharaoh woke up...
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The next morning Pharaoh was worried by his dreams, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men in...
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But then the chief cupbearer spoke up. “Today I've just remembered a bad mistake I've made,” he expl...
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“Your Majesty was angry with some of your officials and you imprisoned me in the house of the comman...
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We each had a dream. They were different dreams, each with its own meaning.
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A young Hebrew was there with us, a slave of the commander of the guard. When we told him our dreams...
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Everything happened just as he said it would—I was given back my job and the baker was hanged.”
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Pharaoh summoned Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the prison. After he'd shaved and changed...
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Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, but no one can interpret its meaning. But I've heard that wh...
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“It's not me who can do this,” Joseph replied. “But God (Elohim) will explain its meaning to set You...
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Pharaoh explained to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile.
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I saw seven cows coming up from the river. They looked well-fed and healthy as they grazed among the...
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Then I saw another seven cows that came up behind them. They looked sickly and ugly and skinny—I've...
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These skinny, ugly cows ate the first seven healthy-looking cows.
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But afterwards you couldn't tell they'd eaten them because they looked just as skinny and ugly as be...
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Then I fell asleep again. In my second dream I saw seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, ripe a...
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Then seven heads of grain grew up after them, withered and thin and dried by the east wind.
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The seven thin heads of grain swallowed up the healthy ones. I told all this to the magicians, but n...
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“Pharaoh's dreams mean the same thing,” Joseph responded. “God (Elohim) is telling Pharaoh what he i...
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The seven good cows and the seven good heads of grain represent seven good years of harvest. The dre...
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It's just as I told Your Majesty—God (Elohim) has shown Pharaoh what he is going to do.
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But after them will come seven years of famine. People will forget the time when there was plenty of...
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The fact that the dream was repeated twice means that it has definitely been decided by God (Elohim)...
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So Your Majesty should choose a man with insight and wisdom, and put him in charge of the whole coun...
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Your Majesty should also appoint officials to be in charge of the land, and have them collect one-fi...
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They should collect all the food during the good years that are soon coming, and store the grain und...
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This will be a food reserve for the country during the seven years of famine so that the people won'...
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So Pharaoh asked them, “Where can we find a man like this who has the spirit of God (Elohim) in him?...
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Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, telling him, “Since God (Elohim) has revealed to you all this, and the...
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you will be in charge of all my affairs, and all my people will obey your orders. Only I with my sta...
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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Look, I'm putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.”
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Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. He dressed him in fi...
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He had Joseph ride in the chariot designated for his second-in-command while his attendants went ahe...
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Then Pharaoh told Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission nobody will lift a hand or a fo...
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Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and arranged for him to marry Asenath, the daughter o...
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Joseph was thirty when he started working for Pharaoh, king of Egypt. After he had left Pharaoh, Jos...
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During the seven years of good harvests, the land produced plenty of food.
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He collected all the food during the seven good years, and he stored the grain produced in the local...
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Joseph piled up so much grain that it was like the sand of the seashore. Eventually he stopped keepi...
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It was during this time, before the years of famine came, that Joseph had two sons by Asenath, the d...
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Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh, because he said, “The Lord has made me forget all my troubles a...
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His second son he named Ephraim, because he said, “God (Elohim) has made me fruitful in the country...
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The seven years of plenty in Egypt came to an end,
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and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all the other coun...
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When all of Egypt was hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, and he told everyone, “Go an...
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The famine had spread all over the country so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to th...
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in fact the famine was very bad everywhere, so people from other countries all around came to Egypt...
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