Genesis 41

vayehi miqqets shenatayim yamim ufaroh kholem vehinneh omed al-haye'or

After two years’ time, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,

vehinneh min-haye'or olot sheva parot yefot mareh uveri'ot basar vattirenah ba'akhu

when out of the Nile there came up seven cows, handsome and sturdy, and they grazed in the reed grass.

vehinneh sheva parot akherot olot akharehen min-haye'or ra'ot mareh vedaqqot basar vatta'amodenah etsel happarot al-sefat haye'or

But presently, seven other cows came up from the Nile close behind them, ugly and gaunt, and stood beside the cows on the bank of the Nile;

vattokhalnah happarot ra'ot hammareh vedaqqot habbasar et sheva happarot yefot hammareh vehabberi'ot vayyiqats paroh

and the ugly gaunt cows ate up the seven handsome sturdy cows. And Pharaoh awoke.

vayyishan vayyakhalom shenit vehinneh sheva shibbolim olot beqaneh ekhad beri'ot vetovot

He fell asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven ears of grain, solid and healthy, grew on a single stalk.

vehinneh sheva shibbolim daqqot ushedufot qadim tsomekhot akharehen

But close behind them sprouted seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind.

vattivlanah hashibbolim haddaqqot et sheva hashibbolim habberi'ot vehammele'ot vayyiqats paroh vehinneh khalom

And the thin ears swallowed up the seven solid and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke: it was a dream!

vayehi vabboqer vattippa'em rukho vayyishlakh vayyiqra et-kol-khartumme mitsrayim ve'et-kol-khakhameha vayesapper paroh lahem et-khalomo ve'en-poter otam lefaroh

Next morning, his spirit was agitated, and he sent for all the priestly magicians of Egypt, and all its sages; and Pharaoh told them his dreams, but none could interpret them for Pharaoh.

vayedabber sar hammashqim et-paroh lemor et-khata'ay ani mazkir hayyom

The chief cupbearer then spoke up and said to Pharaoh, “I must make mention today of my offenses.

paroh qatsaf al-avadayw vayyitten oti bemishmar bet sar hattabbakhim oti ve'et sar ha'ofim

Once Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and placed me in custody in the house of the prefect, together with the chief baker.

vannakhalmah khalom belaylah ekhad ani vahu ish kefitron khalomo khalamenu

We had dreams the same night, he and I, each of us a dream with a meaning of its own.

vesham ittanu na'ar ivri eved lesar hattabbakhim vannesapper-lo vayyiftor-lanu et-khalomotenu ish kakhalomo patar

A Hebrew youth was there with us, a servant of the prefect; and when we told him our dreams, he interpreted them for us, telling each of the meaning of his dream.

vayehi ka'asher patar-lanu ken hayah oti heshiv al-kanni ve'oto talah

And as he interpreted for us, so it came to pass: I was restored to my post, and the other was impaled.”

vayyishlakh paroh vayyiqra et-yosef vayeritsuhu min-habbor vayegallakh vayekhallef simlotayw vayyavo el-paroh

Thereupon Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was rushed from the dungeon. He had his hair cut and changed his clothes, and he appeared before Pharaoh.

vayyomer paroh el-yosef khalom khalamti ufoter en oto va'ani shamati alekha lemor tishma khalom liftor oto

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it. Now I have heard it said of you that for you to hear a dream is to tell its meaning.”

vayya'an yosef et-paroh lemor biladay elohim ya'aneh et-shelom paroh

Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “Not I! God will see to Pharaoh’s welfare.”

vayedabber paroh el-yosef bakhalomi hinni omed al-sefat haye'or

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream, I was standing on the bank of the Nile,

vehinneh min-haye'or olot sheva parot beri'ot basar vifot to'ar vattirenah ba'akhu

when out of the Nile came up seven sturdy and well-formed cows and grazed in the reed grass.

vehinneh sheva-parot akherot olot akharehen dallot vera'ot to'ar me'od veraqqot basar lo-ra'iti khahennah bekhol-erets mitsrayim laroa

Presently there followed them seven other cows, scrawny, ill-formed, and emaciated—never had I seen their likes for ugliness in all the land of Egypt!

vattokhalnah happarot haraqqot vehara'ot et sheva happarot harishonot habberi'ot

And the seven lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven cows, the sturdy ones;

vattavonah el-qirbenah velo noda ki-va'u el-qirbenah umarehen ra ka'asher battekhillah va'iqats

but when they had consumed them, one could not tell that they had consumed them, for they looked just as bad as before. And I awoke.

va'ere bakhalomi vehinneh sheva shibbolim olot beqaneh ekhad mele'ot vetovot

In my other dream, I saw seven ears of grain, full and healthy, growing on a single stalk;

vehinneh sheva shibbolim tsenumot daqqot shedufot qadim tsomekhot akharehem

but right behind them sprouted seven ears, shriveled, thin, and scorched by the east wind.

vattivlana hashibbolim haddaqqot et sheva hashibbolim hattovot va'omar el-hakhartummim ve'en maggid li

And the thin ears swallowed the seven healthy ears. I have told my magicians, but none has an explanation for me.”

vayyomer yosef el-paroh khalom paroh ekhad hu et asher ha'elohim oseh higgid lefaroh

And Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s dreams are one and the same: Pharaoh has been told what God is about to do.

sheva parot hattovot sheva shanim hennah vesheva hashibbolim hattovot sheva shanim hennah khalom ekhad hu

The seven healthy cows are seven years, and the seven healthy ears are seven years; it is the same dream.

vesheva happarot haraqqot vehara'ot ha'olot akharehen sheva shanim hennah vesheva hashibbolim hareqot shedufot haqqadim yihyu sheva shene ra'av

The seven lean and ugly cows that followed are seven years, as are also the seven empty ears scorched by the east wind; they are seven years of famine.

hu haddavar asher dibbarti el-paroh asher ha'elohim oseh herah et-paroh

It is just as I have told Pharaoh: Pharaoh has been shown what God is about to do.

hinneh sheva shanim ba'ot sava gadol bekhol-erets mitsrayim

Immediately ahead are seven years of great abundance in all the land of Egypt.

veqamu sheva shene ra'av akharehen venishkakh kol-hassava be'erets mitsrayim vekhillah hara'av et-ha'arets

After them will come seven years of famine, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. As the land is ravaged by famine,

velo-yivvada hassava ba'arets mippene hara'av hahu akhare-khen ki-khaved hu me'od

no trace of the abundance will be left in the land because of the famine thereafter, for it will be very severe.

ve'al hishanot hakhalom el-paroh pa'amayim ki-nakhon haddavar me'im ha'elohim umemaher ha'elohim la'asoto

As for Pharaoh having had the same dream twice, it means that the matter has been determined by God, and that God will soon carry it out.

ve'attah yere faroh ish navon vekhakham vishitehu al-erets mitsrayim

“Accordingly, let Pharaoh find someone who is discerning and wise, whom you can set over the land of Egypt.

ya'aseh faroh veyafqed peqidim al-ha'arets vekhimmesh et-erets mitsrayim besheva shene hassava

And let Pharaoh take steps to appoint overseers over the land, and organize the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty.

veyiqbetsu et-kol-okhel hashanim hattovot habba'ot ha'elleh veyitsberu-var takhat yad-paroh okhel be'arim veshamaru

Let all the food of these good years that are coming be gathered, and let the grain be collected under Pharaoh’s authority as food to be stored in the cities.

vehayah ha'okhel lefiqqadon la'arets lesheva shene hara'av asher tihyena be'erets mitsrayim velo-tikkaret ha'arets bara'av

Let that food be a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine that will come upon the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish in the famine.”

vayyitav haddavar be'ene faroh uve'ene kol-avadayw

The plan pleased Pharaoh and all his courtiers.

vayyomer paroh el-avadayw hanimtsa khazeh ish asher ruakh elohim bo

And Pharaoh said to his courtiers, “Could we find another like him—a man with the divine spirit?”

vayyomer paroh el-yosef akhare hodia elohim otekha et-kol-zot en-navon vekhakham kamokha

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is none so discerning and wise as you.

attah tihyeh al-beti ve'al-pikha yishaq kol-ammi raq hakkisse egdal mimmekka

You shall be in charge of my court, and by your command shall all my people be directed; only with respect to the throne shall I be superior to you.”

vayyomer paroh el-yosef re'eh natatti otekha al kol-erets mitsrayim

Pharaoh further said to Joseph, “See, I put you in charge of all the land of Egypt.”

vayyasar paroh et-tabbato me'al yado vayyitten otah al-yad yosef vayyalbesh oto bigde-shesh vayyasem revid hazzahav al-tsavvaro

And removing his signet ring from his hand, Pharaoh put it on Joseph’s hand; and he had him dressed in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.

vayyarkev oto bemirkevet hammishneh asher-lo vayyiqre'u lefanayw avrekh venaton oto al kol-erets mitsrayim

He had him ride in the chariot of his second-in-command, and they cried before him, “Abrek!” Thus he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

vayyomer paroh el-yosef ani faroh uviladekha lo-yarim ish et-yado ve'et-raglo bekhol-erets mitsrayim

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh; yet without you, no one shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”

vayyiqra faroh shem-yosef tsafenat paneakh vayyitten-lo et-asenat bat-poti fera kohen on le'isha vayyetse yosef al-erets mitsrayim

Pharaoh then gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him for a wife Asenath daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On. Thus Joseph emerged in charge of the land of Egypt.—

veyosef ben-sheloshim shanah be'omdo lifne paroh melekh-mitsrayim vayyetse yosef millifne faroh vayya'avor bekhol-erets mitsrayim

Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt.—Leaving Pharaoh’s presence, Joseph traveled through all the land of Egypt.

vatta'as ha'arets besheva shene hassava liqmatsim

During the seven years of plenty, the land produced in abundance.

vayyiqbots et-kol-okhel sheva shanim asher hayu be'erets mitsrayim vayyitten-okhel be'arim okhel sedeh-ha'ir asher sevivoteha natan betokhah

And he gathered all the grain of the seven years that the land of Egypt was enjoying, and stored the grain in the cities; he put in each city the grain of the fields around it.

vayyitsbor yosef bar kekhol hayyam harbeh me'od ad ki-khadal lispor ki-en mispar

So Joseph collected produce in very large quantity, like the sands of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.

uleyosef yullad shene vanim beterem tavo shenat hara'av asher yaledah-llo asenat bat-poti fera kohen on

Before the years of famine came, Joseph became the father of two sons, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, bore to him.

vayyiqra yosef et-shem habbekhor menasheh ki-nashani elohim et-kol-amali ve'et kol-bet avi

Joseph named the first-born Manasseh, meaning, “God has made me forget completely my hardship and my parental home.”

ve'et shem hasheni qara efrayim ki-hifrani elohim be'erets onyi

And the second he named Ephraim, meaning, “God has made me fertile in the land of my affliction.”

vattikhlenah sheva shene hassava asher hayah be'erets mitsrayim

The seven years of abundance that the land of Egypt enjoyed came to an end,

vattekhillenah sheva shene hara'av lavo ka'asher amar yosef vayehi ra'av bekhol-ha'aratsot uvekhol-erets mitsrayim hayah lakhem

and the seven years of famine set in, just as Joseph had foretold. There was famine in all lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was bread.

vattirav kol-erets mitsrayim vayyitsaq ha'am el-paroh lallakhem vayyomer paroh lekhol-mitsrayim lekhu el-yosef asher-yomar lakhem ta'asu

And when all the land of Egypt felt the hunger, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; whatever he tells you, you shall do.”—

vehara'av hayah al kol-pene ha'arets vayyiftakh yosef et-kol-asher bahem vayyishbor lemitsrayim vayyekhezaq hara'av be'erets mitsrayim

Accordingly, when the famine became severe in the land of Egypt, Joseph laid open all that was within, and rationed out grain to the Egyptians. The famine, however, spread over the whole world.

vekhol-ha'arets ba'u mitsraymah lishbor el-yosef ki-khazaq hara'av bekhol-ha'arets

So all the world came to Joseph in Egypt to procure rations, for the famine had become severe throughout the world.