Genesis 41
King James Version
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 well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. 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 dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant 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.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14 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.
15 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.
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 kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 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:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 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.
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
24 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.
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27 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.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty 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 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.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, 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 corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 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.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, 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 hath shewed 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 And 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 the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man 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: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left 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 priest of On bare unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth 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: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Битие 41
Bulgarian Bible
41 Като изминаха две години, Фараон сънува, че стоеше при Нил* .
2 ето, седем крави, хубави и тлъсти, излизаха из реката и пасяха в тръстиката.
3 ето, след тях излизаха из реката други седем крави, грозни и мършави, и стоеха при първите крави на речния бряг.
4 И грозните, мършави крави изядоха седемте хубави и тлъсти крави. Тогава Фараон се пробуди.
5 А като заспа сънува втори път; и, ето, седем класа пълни и добри израснаха из едно стъбло.
6 ето, след тях израснаха други седем класа тънки и прегорели от източния вятър.
7 И тънките класове погълнаха седемте дебели и пълни класове. А като се събуди Фараон, ето, беше сън.
8 На сутринта духът му беше смутен; той, прочее, изпрати да му повикат всичките влъхви и всичките мъдреци в Египет, и Фараон им разказа сънищата си; но нямаше кой да ги изтълкува на Фараона.
9 Тогава началникът на виночерпците говори на Фараона, казвайки: Днес се сещам, че съм виновен.
10 Фараон беше се разгневил на слугите си и ме хвърли, мене и началника на хлебарите, в тъмница, в дома на началника на телохранителите.
11 И сънувахме, аз и той, в същата нощ; сънувахме, всеки според както щеше да се тълкува съновидението му.
12 А заедно с нас беше там един млад евреин, слуга на началника на телохранителите; и като му разказахме, той ни разтълкува сънищата; на всеки от нас , според съновидението му, даде значението.
13 И според както ни изтълкува, така и стана; мене той възстанови на службата ми, а него обеси.
14 Тогава Фараон направи да повикат Иосифа, и бързо го изведоха из тъмницата; и той се обръсна, преоблече се и дойде при Фараона.
15 И Фараон каза на Иосифа: Сънувах, но няма кой да изтълкува съня; но аз чух да казват за тебе, че като чуеш съновидение, умееш да го тълкуваш.
16 А Иосиф в отговор каза на Фараона: Не аз, Бог ще даде на Фараона отговор с мир.
17 Тогава Фараон каза на Иосифа: В съня си, ето, стоях край брега на Нил*.
18 И, ето, седем крави тлъсти и хубави излязоха из реката и пасяха в тръстиката.
19 И, ето, след тях излязоха други седем крави, слаби, много грозни и мършави, каквито по грозота никога не съм видял в цялата Египетска земя.
20 И мършавите, грозни крави изядоха първите седем тлъсти крави;
21 но пак, като ги изядоха не се познаваше, че са ги изяли; но изгледът им беше тъй грозен, както и в началото. Тогава се пробудих.
22 После видях в съня си; и, ето, седем класа пълни и добри израстваха из едно стъбро.
23 И, ето, след тях изратнаха други седем класа, сухи, тънки и прегорели от източния вятър;
24 тънките класове погълнаха седемте добри класове. И казах съновидението на влъхвите; но нямаше кой да ми го изтълкува.
25 Тогава Иосиф каза на Фараона: Фараоновият сън е един; Бог е явил на Фараона това, което скоро ще направи.
26 Седемте добри крави са седем години; и седемте добри класове са седем години, сънят е един.
27 А седемте мършави и грозни крави, които излязоха след тях, са седем години, както и седемте празни класове, прегорели от източния вятър; те ще бъдат седем години на глад.
28 Това е, което казах на Фараона; Бог е явил на Фараона това, което скоро ще направи.
29 Ето идат седем години на голямо плодородие по цялата Египетска земя.
30 А след тях ще дойдат седем години на глад; всичкото плодородие ще се забрави в Египетската земя, защото гладът ще опустоши земята.
31 Няма да се познае плодородието на земята, поради оня глад, който ще последва; защото ще бъде твърде тежък.
32 А това, дето съновидението се повтори на Фараона два пъти, означава , че това е решено от Бога и, че Бог скоро ще го извърши.
33 Прочее, нека потърси Фараон умен и мъдър човек и нека го постави над Египетската земя.
34 Нека стори Фараон това и нека постави наздиратели над земята; и в седемте плодородни години нека събере петата част от произведенията на Египетската земя.
35 Нека съберат всичката храна на тия добри години, които идат; и събраното жито нека бъде под Фараоновата власт, за храна на градовете, и нека го пазят.
36 И храната ще се запази за седемте гладни години, които ще настанат в Египетската земя, за да не се опустоши земята от глада.
37 Това нещо беше угодно на Фараона и на всичките му слуги.
38 И Фараон каза на слугите си: Можем ли да намерим човек, като тоя, в когото има Божия Дух?
39 Тогава Фараон каза на Иосифа: Понеже Бог ти откри всичко това, няма никой толкова умен и мъдър, колкото си ти.
40 Ти ще бъдеш над дома ми, и всичките ми люде ще слушат твоите думи; само с престола аз ще бъда по-горен от тебе.
41 Фараон още каза на Иосифа: Виж, поставям те над цялата Египеска земя.
42 Тогава Фараон извади пръстена си от ръката си и го тури на Иосифовата ръка, облече го в дрехи от висон и окачи му златно огърлие на шията.
43 После нареди да го возят на втората колесница, и викаха пред него: Коленичете! И така го постави над цялата Египетска земя.
44 При това, Фараон каза на Иосифа: Аз съм владетел*, но без тебе никой няма да издигне ръка или нога по цялата Египетска земя.
45 И Фараон наименува Иосифа Цафнат-панеах+ и даде му за жена Асенета, дъщеря на Илиополския жрец Потифер. След това, Иосиф излезе по обиколка из Египетската земя.
46 Иосиф беше на тридесет години, когато стоя пред Египетския цар Фараон; и, като се отдалечи от лицето на Фараона, Иосиф обиколи цялата Египетска земя.
47 И през седемте години на плодородие земята роди преизобилно.
48 И Иосиф събра всичката храна от тия седем години, които бяха настанали в Египетската земя, и тури храната в градовете; във всеки град прибра храната от околните му ниви.
49 Иосиф събра жито твърде много, колкото морския пясък, така щото престана да го мери; защото беше без мяра.
50 А преди да настъпят годините на глада, на Иосифа се родиха два сина, които му роди Асенета, дъщеря на Илиополския жрец Потифер.
51 И Иосиф наименува първородния Манасия**, защото си думаше : Бог ме направи да забравя всичките си мъки и целия си бащин дом.
52 А втория наименува Ефрем++, защото си думаше : Бог ме направи плодовит в земята на страданието ми.
53 А като се изминаха седемте години на плодородие, които бяха настанали в Египетската земя
54 настъпиха седемте години на глад, според както Иосиф бе казал; и настана глад по всичките земи, а по цялата Египетска земя имаше хляб.
55 Защото, когато огладня цялата Египетска земя, и людете извикаха към Фараона за хляб, Фараона рече на всичките египтяни: Идете при Иосифа, и каквото ви каже, сторете.
56 (А гладът бе по цялото лице на земята). Иосиф, прочее, отвори всичките житници и продаваше на египтяните, защото гладът се усилваше по Египетската земя.
57 И от всичките страни дохождаха в Египет при Иосифа да купят жито, понеже гладът се усилваше по цялата земя.
Genesis 41
English Standard Version
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams
41 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, 2 and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass. 3 And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile. 4 And the ugly, thin cows ate up the seven attractive, plump cows. And Pharaoh awoke. 5 And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time. And behold, seven ears of grain, plump and good, were growing on one stalk. 6 And behold, after them sprouted seven ears, thin and (A)blighted by the east wind. 7 And the thin ears swallowed up the seven plump, full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. 8 So in the morning (B)his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the (C)magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “I remember my offenses today. 10 When Pharaoh was (D)angry with his servants (E)and put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, 11 (F)we dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own interpretation. 12 A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. When we told him, (G)he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each man according to his dream. 13 And (H)as he interpreted to us, so it came about. I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged.”
14 (I)Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they (J)quickly brought him (K)out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. (L)I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” 16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, (M)“It is not in me; (N)God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”[a] 17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, (O)in my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile. 18 Seven cows, plump and attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass. 19 Seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt. 20 And the thin, ugly cows ate up the first seven plump cows, 21 but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke. 22 I also saw in my dream seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good. 23 Seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them, 24 and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And (P)I told it 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; (Q)God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one. 27 The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also (R)seven years of famine. 28 It is as I told Pharaoh; (S)God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 29 There will come (T)seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt, 30 but after them there will arise (U)seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. (V)The famine will consume the land, 31 and the plenty will be unknown in the land by reason of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe. 32 And the doubling of Pharaoh's dream means that the (W)thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it about. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land[b] of Egypt during the seven plentiful years. 35 And (X)let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 36 That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine.”
Joseph Rises to Power
37 This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, (Y)in whom is the Spirit of God?”[c] 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are. 40 (Z)You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command.[d] Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.” 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, (AA)I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” 42 Then Pharaoh (AB)took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and (AC)clothed him in garments of fine linen (AD)and put a gold chain about his neck. 43 And he made him ride in his second chariot. (AE)And they called out before him, “Bow the knee!”[e] Thus he set him (AF)over all the land of Egypt. 44 Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and (AG)without your consent no one shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he (AH)entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt. 47 During the seven plentiful years the earth produced abundantly, 48 and he gathered up all the food of these seven years, which occurred in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities. He put in every city the food from the fields around it. 49 And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, (AI)like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure it, for it could not be measured.
50 Before the year of famine came, (AJ)two sons were born to Joseph. Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore them to him. 51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.”[f] 52 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “For God has (AK)made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”[g]
53 The seven years of plenty that occurred in the land of Egypt came to an end, 54 and (AL)the seven years of famine began to come, (AM)as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”
56 So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses[h] and (AN)sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. 57 Moreover, all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe (AO)over all the earth.
Footnotes
- Genesis 41:16 Or (compare Samaritan, Septuagint) Without God it is not possible to give Pharaoh an answer about his welfare
- Genesis 41:34 Or over the land and organize the land
- Genesis 41:38 Or of the gods
- Genesis 41:40 Hebrew and according to your command all my people shall kiss the ground
- Genesis 41:43 Abrek, probably an Egyptian word, similar in sound to the Hebrew word meaning to kneel
- Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like the Hebrew for making to forget
- Genesis 41:52 Ephraim sounds like the Hebrew for making fruitful
- Genesis 41:56 Hebrew all that was in them
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
