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Then Pharaoh woke up. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He fell asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and good, came up on one stalk. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>After them, seven heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, full ones. Then Pharaoh woke up, and it was only a dream.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When morning came, he was troubled,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> so he summoned all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I remember my faults. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guards. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He and I had dreams on the same night; each dream had its own meaning. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now a young Hebrew, a slave of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, he interpreted our dreams for us, and each had its own interpretation. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>It turned out just the way he interpreted them to us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the dungeon.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.41.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> He shaved, changed his clothes, and went to Pharaoh.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said about you that you can hear a dream and interpret it.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“I am not able to,”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Joseph answered Pharaoh. “It is God who will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.41.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.16.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>when seven well-fed, healthy-looking cows came up from the Nile and grazed among the reeds. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>After them, seven other cows — weak, very sickly, and thin — came up. I’ve never seen such sickly ones as these in all the land of Egypt. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then the thin, sickly cows ate the first seven well-fed cows. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When they had devoured them, you could not tell that they had devoured them; their appearance was as bad as it had been before. Then I woke up. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stalk. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>After them, seven heads of grain — withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind — sprouted up. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good ones. I told this to the magicians, but no one can tell me what it means.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s dreams mean the same thing. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years. The dreams mean the same thing. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The seven thin, sickly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind are seven years of famine.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“It is just as I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>After them, seven years of famine will take place, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will devastate the land.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The abundance in the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows it, for the famine will be very severe. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Since the dream was given twice to Pharaoh, it means that the matter has been determined by God, and he will carry it out soon.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“So now, let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Let Pharaoh do this: Let him appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the harvest of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Let them gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. Under Pharaoh’s authority, store the grain in the cities, so they may preserve it as food. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>The food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine that will take place in the land of Egypt. Then the country will not be wiped out by the famine.”</p><h3 class="head1">Joseph Exalted</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>and he said to them, “Can we find anyone like this, a man who has God’s spirit<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.41.38.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> in him? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.38.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.39" /> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you are. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.40" /> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>You will be over my house, and all my people will obey your commands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.41.40.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.40.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Only I, as king,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.41.40.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> will be greater than you.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.41" /> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “See, I am placing you over all the land of Egypt.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.42" /> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, clothed him with fine linen garments, and placed a gold chain around his neck.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.42.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.43" /> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, and servants called out before him, “Make way! ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.41.43.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> So he placed him over all the land of Egypt. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.44" /> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh and no one will be able to raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt without your permission.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.45" /> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah and gave him a wife, Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.41.45.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> And Joseph went throughout<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.41.45.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> the land of Egypt.</p><h3 class="head1">Joseph’s Administration</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.46" /> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.47" /> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>During the seven years of abundance the land produced outstanding harvests. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.48" /> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>Joseph gathered all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and put it in the cities. He put the food in every city from the fields around it. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.49" /> <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance — like the sand of the sea — that he stopped measuring it because it was beyond measure.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.50" /> <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>Two sons were born to Joseph before the years of famine arrived.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.50.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On, bore them to him. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.51" /> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.41.51.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and my whole family.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.52" /> <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>And the second son he named Ephraim<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Genesis.41.52.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.53" /> <A name="54"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>Then the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.54" /> <A name="55"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.55" /> <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>When the whole land of Egypt was stricken with famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all Egypt, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.56" /> <A name="57"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>Now the famine had spread across the whole region, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Genesis.41.57" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/41-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>Every land came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, for the famine was severe in every land.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Genesis.41.57.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Genesis.41" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Genesis.41.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.14">41:14</a></span> Or <span class="italic">pit</span>, or <span class="italic">cistern</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.41.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.16">41:16</a></span> Or <span class="italic">“God will answer Pharaoh with peace of mind.”</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.41.38.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.38">41:38</a></span> Or <span class="italic">the spirit of the gods</span>, or <span class="italic">a god’s spirit</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.41.40.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.40">41:40</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">will kiss your mouth</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.41.40.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.40">41:40</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Only the throne I</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.41.43.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.43">41:43</a></span> Or <span class="italic">“Kneel! ”</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.41.45.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.45">41:45</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Heliopolis</span>, also in v. 50</aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.41.45.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.45">41:45</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Joseph gained authority over</span></aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.41.51.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.51">41:51</a></span> In Hb, the name <span class="italic">Manasseh</span> sounds like the verb “forget.”</aside><aside id="fn.Genesis.41.52.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.52">41:52</a></span> In Hb, the name <span class="italic">Ephraim</span> sounds like the word for “fruitful.”</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Genesis.41" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.1">41:1-7</a></span> Gn 41:17–23</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.8">41:8</a></span> Dn 2:1,3</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.8">41:8</a></span> Ex 7:11,22; Dn 1:20; 2:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.13">41:13</a></span> Gn 40:1–22</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.14">41:14</a></span> Ps 105:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.14">41:14</a></span> Dn 2:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.15">41:15</a></span> Dn 5:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.16">41:16</a></span> Dn 2:30</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.16.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.16">41:16</a></span> Gn 40:8; Dn 2:22,28,47</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.24">41:24</a></span> Is 8:19; Dn 4:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.25">41:25</a></span> Dn 2:28–29,45; Rv 4:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.27">41:27</a></span> 2Kg 8:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.30">41:30</a></span> Gn 41:54,56; 47:13; Ps 105:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.38.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.38">41:38</a></span> Jb 32:8; Dn 4:8,9,18; 5:11,14</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.40.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.40">41:40</a></span> Ps 105:21; Ac 7:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.42.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.42">41:42</a></span> Est 3:10; 8:2; Dn 5:7,16,29</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.50.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.50">41:50</a></span> Gn 46:20; 48:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Genesis.41.57.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Genesis.41.57">41:57</a></span> Gn 12:10</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Genesis.41" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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