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1. Mooseksen kirjaLuku 41

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Two whole years later, Pharaoh had a dream: he was standing beside the Nile,
and out of the Nile came seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds.
After them seven other cows came up out of the Nile, ugly and gaunt, and they stood beside the first cows on the bank of the river.
Then the ugly, gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. And Pharaoh woke up.
He fell asleep again and dreamed a second time: seven heads of grain, plump and good, were growing on a single stalk.
After them seven heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
And the thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up, and it had been a dream.
In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "Today I must confess my failings.
Pharaoh was once angry with his servants and put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard.
We each had a dream the same night, he and I, and each dream had a meaning of its own.
A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the meaning of his dream.
And it turned out exactly as he told us: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged."
So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they hurried him out of the dungeon. He shaved, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."
Joseph answered Pharaoh, "It is not in me. God will give Pharaoh the answer he needs."
So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
and out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds.
After them seven other cows came up, scrawny and very ugly and gaunt. I have never seen such wretched cows in all the land of Egypt.
And the gaunt, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came first.
But when they had eaten them, no one could tell that they had, for they looked just as wretched as before. Then I woke up.
I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk.
After them seven heads of grain sprouted, shriveled and thin and scorched by the east wind.
And the thin heads swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me."
Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one dream.
The seven gaunt, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven empty heads scorched by the east wind: they are seven years of famine.
It is as I have said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
but after them will come seven years of famine. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.
The abundance will leave no trace in the land, because the famine that follows will be so severe.
The dream came to Pharaoh twice because the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will bring it about soon.
So now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
Let Pharaoh appoint officers over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
Let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under Pharaoh's authority, to be kept as food in the cities.
This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the land will not perish in the famine."
The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
So Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find anyone like this man, in whom is the spirit of God?"
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.
You shall be over my house, and all my people shall submit to your command. Only in the throne will I be greater than you."
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I hereby set you over all the land of Egypt."
Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand. He clothed him in fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.
He had him ride in the chariot next to his own, while men called out before him, "Make way!" So he set him over all the land of Egypt.
Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift a hand or a foot."
Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath-paneah and gave him Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as his wife. And Joseph went out through the land of Egypt.
Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He left Pharaoh's presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
During the seven years of abundance the land produced in overflowing measure.
Joseph collected all the food of those seven years in Egypt and stored it in the cities; in each city he laid up the food from the surrounding fields.
He piled up grain like the sand of the sea, so much that he stopped counting, for it was beyond measure.
Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house."
The second he named Ephraim, saying, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in all of Egypt there was food.
When all Egypt began to hunger, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph; do whatever he tells you."
The famine spread over the whole land, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine grew severe in Egypt.
And people from every land came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
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