Génesis 41
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Los sueños del faraón
41 Dos años más tarde, el faraón tuvo un sueño: Estaba de pie junto al río Nilo 2 cuando, de pronto, del río salieron siete vacas hermosas y gordas que se pusieron a pastar entre los juncos. 3 Detrás de ellas salieron otras siete vacas, feas y flacas, que se pararon a orillas del Nilo, junto a las primeras. 4 ¡Y las vacas feas y flacas se comieron a las vacas hermosas y gordas!
En ese momento el faraón se despertó. 5 Pero volvió a dormirse, y tuvo otro sueño: Siete espigas de trigo, grandes y hermosas, crecían de un solo tallo. 6 Tras ellas brotaban otras siete espigas, delgadas y quemadas por el viento solano. 7 ¡Y las siete espigas delgadas se comían a las espigas grandes y hermosas!
En eso el faraón se despertó y se dio cuenta de que solo era un sueño. 8 Sin embargo, a la mañana siguiente se levantó muy preocupado, mandó llamar a todos los magos y sabios de Egipto, y les contó los dos sueños. Pero nadie se los pudo interpretar. 9 Entonces el jefe de los coperos le dijo al faraón: «Ahora me doy cuenta del grave error que he cometido. 10 Cuando el faraón se enojó con sus servidores, es decir, conmigo y con el jefe de los panaderos, nos mandó a la cárcel, bajo la custodia del capitán de la guardia. 11 Una misma noche, los dos tuvimos un sueño, cada sueño con su propio significado. 12 Allí, con nosotros, había un joven hebreo, esclavo del capitán de la guardia. Le contamos nuestros sueños, y a cada uno nos interpretó el sueño. 13 ¡Y todo sucedió tal como él lo había interpretado! A mí me restituyeron mi cargo, y al jefe de los panaderos lo ahorcaron».
14 El faraón mandó llamar a José, y en seguida lo sacaron de la cárcel. Después de afeitarse y cambiarse de ropa, José se presentó ante el faraón, 15 quien le dijo:
―Tuve un sueño que nadie ha podido interpretar. Pero me he enterado de que, cuando tú oyes un sueño, eres capaz de interpretarlo.
16 ―No soy yo quien puede hacerlo —respondió José—, sino que es Dios quien le dará al faraón una respuesta favorable.
17 El faraón le contó a José lo siguiente:
―En mi sueño, estaba yo de pie a orillas del río Nilo. 18 De pronto, salieron del río siete vacas gordas y hermosas, y se pusieron a pastar entre los juncos. 19 Detrás de ellas salieron otras siete vacas, feas y flacas. ¡Jamás se habían visto vacas tan raquíticas en toda la tierra de Egipto! 20 Y las siete vacas feas y flacas se comieron a las siete vacas gordas. 21 Pero, después de habérselas comido, no se les notaba en lo más mínimo, porque seguían tan feas como antes. Entonces me desperté.
22 »Después tuve otro sueño: Siete espigas de trigo, grandes y hermosas, crecían de un solo tallo. 23 Tras ellas brotaron otras siete espigas marchitas, delgadas y quemadas por el viento solano. 24 Las siete espigas delgadas se comieron a las espigas grandes y hermosas. Todo esto se lo conté a los magos, pero ninguno de ellos me lo pudo interpretar».
25 José le explicó al faraón:
―En realidad, los dos sueños del faraón son uno solo. Dios le ha anunciado lo que él va a hacer. 26 Las siete vacas hermosas y las siete espigas hermosas son siete años. Se trata del mismo sueño. 27 Y las siete vacas flacas y feas, que salieron detrás de las otras, y las siete espigas delgadas y quemadas por el viento solano, son también siete años. Pero estos serán siete años de hambre.
28 »Tal como le he dicho al faraón, Dios le está mostrando lo que va a hacer. 29 Van a venir siete años de mucha abundancia en todo Egipto, 30 a los que les seguirán siete años de hambre, que harán olvidar toda la abundancia que antes hubo. ¡El hambre acabará con Egipto! 31 Tan terrible será el hambre que nadie se acordará de la abundancia que antes hubo en el país. 32 El faraón tuvo el mismo sueño dos veces porque Dios ha resuelto firmemente hacer esto, y lo llevará a cabo muy pronto.
33 »Por todo esto, el faraón debería buscar un hombre competente y sabio, para que se haga cargo de la tierra de Egipto. 34 Además, el faraón debería nombrar inspectores en todo Egipto, para que durante los siete años de abundancia recauden la quinta parte de la cosecha en todo el país. 35 Bajo el control del faraón, esos inspectores deberán juntar el grano de los años buenos que vienen y almacenarlo en las ciudades, para que haya una reserva de alimento. 36 Este alimento almacenado le servirá a Egipto para los siete años de hambre que sufrirá, y así la gente del país no morirá de hambre».
37 Al faraón y a sus servidores les pareció bueno el plan. 38 Entonces el faraón les preguntó a sus servidores:
―¿Podremos encontrar una persona así, en quien repose el espíritu de Dios?
39 Luego le dijo a José:
―Puesto que Dios te ha revelado todo esto, no hay nadie más competente y sabio que tú. 40 Quedarás a cargo de mi palacio, y todo mi pueblo cumplirá tus órdenes. Solo yo tendré más autoridad que tú, porque soy el rey.
José, gobernador de Egipto
41 Así que el faraón le informó a José:
―Mira, yo te pongo a cargo de todo el territorio de Egipto.
42 De inmediato, el faraón se quitó el anillo oficial y se lo puso a José. Hizo que lo vistieran con ropas de lino fino y que le pusieran un collar de oro en el cuello. 43 Después lo invitó a subirse al carro reservado para el segundo en autoridad, y ordenó que gritaran: «¡Inclinaos!» Fue así como el faraón puso a José al frente de todo el territorio de Egipto.
44 Entonces el faraón le dijo:
―Yo soy el faraón, pero nadie en todo Egipto podrá hacer nada sin tu permiso.
45 Y le cambió el nombre a José, y lo llamó Zafenat Panea; además, le dio por esposa a Asenat, hija de Potifera, sacerdote de la ciudad de On.[a] De este modo quedó José a cargo de Egipto. 46 Tenía treinta años cuando comenzó a trabajar al servicio del faraón, rey de Egipto.
Tan pronto como se retiró José de la presencia del faraón, se dedicó a recorrer todo el territorio de Egipto. 47 Durante los siete años de abundancia, la tierra produjo grandes cosechas, 48 así que José fue recogiendo todo el alimento que se produjo en Egipto durante esos siete años, y lo almacenó en las ciudades. 49 Juntó alimento como quien junta arena del mar, y fue tanto lo que recogió que dejó de contabilizarlo. ¡Ya no había forma de mantener el control!
50 Antes de comenzar el primer año de hambre, José tuvo dos hijos con su esposa Asenat, la hija de Potifera, sacerdote de On. 51 Al primero lo llamó Manasés, porque dijo: «Dios ha hecho que me olvide de todos mis problemas, y de mi casa paterna». 52 Al segundo lo llamó Efraín, porque dijo: «Dios me ha hecho fecundo en esta tierra donde he sufrido».
53 Los siete años de abundancia en Egipto llegaron a su fin 54 y, tal como José lo había anunciado, comenzaron los siete años de hambre, la cual se extendió por todos los países. Pero a lo largo y a lo ancho del territorio de Egipto había alimento. 55 Cuando también en Egipto comenzó a sentirse el hambre, el pueblo clamó al faraón pidiéndole comida. Entonces el faraón le dijo a todo el pueblo de Egipto: «Id a ver a José, y haced lo que él os diga».
56 Cuando ya el hambre se había extendido por todo el territorio, y había arreciado, José abrió los graneros para vender alimento a los egipcios. 57 Además, de todos los países llegaban a Egipto para comprarle alimento a José, porque el hambre cundía ya por todo el mundo.
Footnotes
- 41:45 On. Es decir, Heliópolis (Ciudad del Sol); también en v. 50.
Genesis 41
New King James Version
Pharaoh’s Dreams
41 Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that (A)Pharaoh had a dream; and behold, he stood by the river. 2 Suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow. 3 Then behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and gaunt, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the river. 4 And the ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine looking and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke. 5 He slept and dreamed a second time; and suddenly seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, plump and good. 6 Then behold, seven thin heads, blighted by the (B)east wind, sprang up after them. 7 And the seven thin heads devoured the seven plump and full heads. So Pharaoh awoke, and indeed, it was a dream. 8 Now it came to pass in the morning (C)that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all (D)the magicians of Egypt and all its (E)wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.
9 Then the (F)chief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying: “I remember my faults this day. 10 When Pharaoh was (G)angry with his servants, (H)and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker, 11 (I)we each had a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. 12 Now there was a young (J)Hebrew man with us there, a (K)servant of the captain of the guard. And we told him, and he (L)interpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his own dream. 13 And it came to pass, just (M)as he interpreted for us, so it happened. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”
14 (N)Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they (O)brought him quickly (P)out of the dungeon; and he shaved, (Q)changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. (R)But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.”
16 So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, (S)“It is not in me; (T)God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “Behold, (U)in 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 seven [a]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 (V)I told this to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; (W)God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do: 26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good [b]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 (X)seven years of famine. 28 (Y)This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do. 29 Indeed (Z)seven years of great plenty will come throughout all the land of Egypt; 30 but after them seven years of famine will (AA)arise, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine (AB)will deplete the land. 31 So the plenty will not be known in the land because of the famine following, for it will be very severe. 32 And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the (AC)thing 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 appoint [c]officers over the land, (AD)to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years. 35 And (AE)let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain under the [d]authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 Then that food shall be as a [e]reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land (AF)may not [f]perish during the famine.”
Joseph’s Rise to Power
37 So (AG)the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man (AH)in whom is the Spirit of God?”
39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. 40 (AI)You shall be [g]over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have (AJ)set you over all the land of Egypt.”
42 Then Pharaoh (AK)took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he (AL)clothed him in garments of fine linen (AM)and put a gold chain around his neck. 43 And he had him ride in the second (AN)chariot which he had; (AO)and they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he set him (AP)over all the land of Egypt. 44 Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name [h]Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife (AQ)Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he (AR)stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth [i]abundantly. 48 So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; he laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them. 49 Joseph gathered very much grain, (AS)as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.
50 (AT)And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn [j]Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my (AU)father’s house.” 52 And the name of the second he called [k]Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be (AV)fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
53 Then the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Egypt ended, 54 (AW)and the seven years of famine began to come, (AX)as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; (AY)whatever he says to you, do.” 56 The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened [l]all the storehouses and (AZ)sold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt. 57 (BA)So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to (BB)buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.
Footnotes
- Genesis 41:22 Heads of grain
- Genesis 41:26 Heads of grain
- Genesis 41:34 overseers
- Genesis 41:35 Lit. hand
- Genesis 41:36 Lit. supply
- Genesis 41:36 be cut off
- Genesis 41:40 In charge of
- Genesis 41:45 Probably Egyptian for God Speaks and He Lives
- Genesis 41:47 Lit. by handfuls
- Genesis 41:51 Lit. Making Forgetful
- Genesis 41:52 Lit. Fruitfulness
- Genesis 41:56 Lit. all that was in them
Genesis 41
Jubilee Bible 2000
41 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven beautiful cows and very fat, and they fed in a meadow.
3 And, behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other cows upon the brink of the river.
4 And the ugly and lean-fleshed cows ate up the seven beautiful and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time; and, behold, seven heads of wheat came up upon one stalk, full and beautiful.
6 And, behold, seven thin heads, blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin heads devoured the seven full and beautiful heads. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all the wise men thereof; and Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 ¶ Then the chief butler spoke unto Pharaoh, saying, I remember my sins today;
10 Pharaoh was angry with his slaves and put me in the prison of the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the prince of the bakers.
11 And we both dreamed a dream in one night; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, slave to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted our dreams to us; he interpreted to each man according to his dream.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto my office, and him he hanged.
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon; and they cut his hair and changed his clothes, and he came in unto Pharaoh.
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one that can interpret it; but I have heard say of thee that thou canst hear dreams to interpret them.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me; God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 ¶ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river;
18 and, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat-fleshed and beautiful in appearance; and they fed in a meadow.
19 And, behold, seven other cows came up after them, lean and very ugly in appearance, and thin, such as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
20 And the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows;
21 and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I also saw in my dream, and, behold, seven heads came up in one stalk, full and beautiful;
23 and, behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
24 And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads; and I told this unto the magicians, but there was no one that could declare it to me.
25 Then Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God has showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven beautiful cows are seven years; and the seven good heads are seven years; the dream is one and the same.
27 Also the seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty heads blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown unto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, seven years of great plenty are coming throughout all the land of Egypt.
30 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;
31 and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
32 And that the dream came unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 ¶ Now therefore let Pharaoh find a discreet and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 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.
35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come and lay up wheat under the hand of Pharaoh to feed the cities, and let them store it up.
36 And let that food be stored for the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not perish through the famine.
37 And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his slaves.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his slaves, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God has showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art.
40 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.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it upon Joseph’s hand and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 and he made him to ride in his second chariot; and they cried before him, Abrech Tender Father-honour this one as a precious father; and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee no one shall lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah, and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 ¶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt and laid up the food in the cities, placing in each city the food of the field, which was round about.
49 And Joseph gathered wheat as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath, the daughter of Potipherah, prince of On, bore unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh; For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.
52 And the name of the second he called Ephraim, For God, said he, has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of the abundance that was in the land of Egypt were ended.
54 And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said; and the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth. Then Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold unto the Egyptians; for the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all the earth came into Egypt to buy from Joseph because the famine was so sore in all lands.
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