12 Now there was a young aHebrew man with us there, a bservant of the captain of the guard. And we told him, and he cinterpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his own dream.
13 And it came to pass, just aas he interpreted for us, so it happened. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
14aThen Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they bbrought him quickly cout of the dungeon; and he shaved, dchanged his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.
15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and thereis no one who can interpret it. aBut I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.”
16 So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, a“Itis not in me; bGod will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “Behold, ain my dream I stood on the bank of the river.
18 Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow.
19 Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt.
20 And the gaunt and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat cows.
21 When they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were just as ugly as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 Also I saw in my dream, and suddenly seven1 heads came up on one stalk, full and good.
23 Then behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them.
24 And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads. So aI told this to the magicians, but therewas no one who could explain it to me.”
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; aGod has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do:
26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good1 heads are seven years; the dreams are one.
27 And the seven thin and ugly cows which came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty heads blighted by the east wind are aseven years of famine.
28aThis is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
29 Indeed aseven years of great plenty will come throughout all the land of Egypt;
30 but after them seven years of famine will aarise, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine bwill deplete the land.
31 So the plenty will not be known in the land because of the famine following, for it willbe very severe.
32 And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the athing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 “Now therefore, let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint1 officers over the land, ato collect one-fifth oftheproduce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years.
They brought him hastily out of the dungeon - Pharaoh was in perplexity on account of his dreams; and when he heard of Joseph, he sent immediately to get him brought before him. He shaved himself - having let his beard grow all the time he was in prison, he now trimmed it, for it is not likely that either the Egyptians or Hebrews shaved themselves in our sense of the word: the change of raiment was, no doubt, furnished out of the king' s wardrobe; as Joseph, in his present circumstances, could not be supposed to have any changes of raiment.
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