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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.
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And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was;
me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
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Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and
he shaved
himself,
and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh said unto
Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and
there is
none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of
thee,
that
thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
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And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying,
It is
not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In
my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
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And, behold, there came up out of the river
seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
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And, behold, seven other
kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the
land of Egypt for badness:
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And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat
kine:
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And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but
they
were
still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
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And I saw in my dream, and, behold,
seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
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And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin,
and
blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
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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.
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And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh
is
one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what
he
is
about to do.
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The seven good kine
are
seven years; and the seven good ears
are
seven years:
the dream
is
one.
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And the seven thin and ill favoured 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.
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This
is
the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God
is
about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
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Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
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And there
shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of
Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
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And the plenty shall not be known in the land by
reason of that famine following; for it
shall be
very grievous.
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And for that the dream was doubled
unto Pharaoh twice;
it is
because the thing
is
established by God, and God will shortly bring it to
pass.
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Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of
Egypt.
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Let Pharaoh do
this,
and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part
of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
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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.
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And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in
the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
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And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
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And
Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find
such a one
as this
is,
a man in whom the Spirit of God
is?
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this,
there is
none so
discreet and wise as thou
art:
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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.
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And Pharaoh said unto
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