41:1
The Elevation of Yusaph and the Seven Solar Cycles
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
Reader Chapter
Barashiyt 41
Barashiyt chapter 41 in the Qadmoni reader. Read the full chapter text with direct verse references and continue into the interactive reader.
Browse Barashiyt chapter index41:2
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored kine and fat-fleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
41:3
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favored and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
41:4
And the ill favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
41:5
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
41:6
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
41:7
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
41:8
The Failure of the Magicians
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Mitzrayim, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
41:9
The Butler's Remembrance
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, "I do remember my faults this day:
41:10
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
41:11
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
41:12
And there was there with us a young man, a 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.
41:13
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was."
41:14
The Summons and the Shaving
Then Pharaoh sent and called Yusaph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
41:15
And Pharaoh said unto Yusaph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canest understand a dream to interpret it."
41:16
And Yusaph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me: Alahiym shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace."
41:17
And Pharaoh said unto Yusaph, "In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
41:18
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well favored; and they fed in a meadow:
41:19
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Mitzrayim for badness:
41:20
And the lean and the ill favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
41:21
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke."
41:22
"And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
41:23
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
41:24
And 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."
41:25
The Interpretation of the Seven Years
And Yusaph said unto Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one: Alahiym hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
41:26
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
41:27
And the seven lean and ill favored 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."
41:28
"This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What Alahiym is about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh.
41:29
"Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Mitzrayim:
41:30
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Mitzrayim; and the famine shall consume the land."
41:31
"And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
41:32
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by Alahiym, and Alahiym will shortly bring it to pass."
41:33
The Counsel of Yusaph
"Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Mitzrayim.
41:34
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Mitzrayim in the seven plenteous years.
41:35
And 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."
41:36
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Mitzrayim; that the land perish not through the famine."
41:37
The Elevation of Yusaph
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
41:38
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, "Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Ruach Alahiym (Spirit of Alahiym) is?"
41:39
And Pharaoh said unto Yusaph, "Forasmuch as Alahiym hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
41:40
Thou 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."
41:41
And Pharaoh said unto Yusaph, "See, I have set thee over all the land of Mitzrayim."
41:42
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Yusaph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
41:43
And 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 Mitzrayim.
41:44
And Pharaoh said unto Yusaph, "I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Mitzrayim."
41:45
The New Name and Marriage
And Pharaoh called Yusaph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah (The Sustainer of Life/The Revealer of Secrets); and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Yusaph went out over all the land of Mitzrayim.
41:46
And Yusaph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Mitzrayim.
41:47
The Years of Plenty and the Two Sons
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
41:48
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Mitzrayim, 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.
41:49
And Yusaph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
41:50
And unto Yusaph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bore unto him.
41:51
And Yusaph called the name of the firstborn Manashah: "For Alahiym," said he, "hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
41:52
And the name of the second called he Aphrayiym: "For Alahiym hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction."
41:53
The Commencement of the Famine
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Mitzrayim, were ended.
41:54
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Yusaph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Mitzrayim there was bread.
41:55
And when all the land of Mitzrayim was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Mitzrites, "Go unto Yusaph; what he saith to you, do."
41:56
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Yusaph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Mitzrites; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Mitzrayim.
41:57
And all countries came into Mitzrayim to Yusaph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.