Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 41

The Five Books of Moses

GENESIS.

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Then the chief of the butlcxjs spoke

I remember my offence of the day when Pharoh was angry with his servant, and put me into custody in the house of the General of the Guard, and the chief of the bakers was with me, and we dreamed a dream in- the same night, I and he ; each according to the form of the dream we had dreamed. But there was with _us a Hebrew youth, a slave of the General of the Guard, and we related them to him, and he inter· preted to us our dreams. He inter- preted to each his own dream: And at happened to us exactly as he interpreted to us our dream. Pharoh, therefore, sent and sum-

moned joseph, and they took him from the dungeon, and shaved 'him and changed his clothes, and brought him to Pharoh. Then Pharoh told joseph the

dream he had dreamed, and that but I have heard a report about you, that you heard a dream and interpreted it.' joseph, accordingly answered to

May GOD return an answer of peace to Pharoh. So Pharoh related his dream to

I stood by the bank of the river, and saw come up from the river seven cows, full fleshed and beautiful to see, and they pastured on the rushes. Then I sawseven other cows come up after them miserable and very bad to look at, and lean in flesh. I never saw such wretched things in all the land of the Mitzeraim, they were · so bad.‘ But the lean and wretched cows ate up the seven former beautiful cows, and they came and approached me, and yet I noticed as they came and drew near, and could observe they were as poor- as before. Then I awoke. ‘Again I was in a dream and saw

seven ears of corn spring from one stalk, each full and good; Then I saw seven ears blasted, poor, and withered by the east wind follow them ; and the poor ears swallowed the seven good ears; and I told it to the writers and they cannot inform me about it.’ Then joseph replied to Pharoh,

‘ The dream of Pharoh is all one. What GOD has determined to do, He has related to Pharoh. The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears of corn are seven

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years,·—thesedreams‘are all one. And the seven lean and poor cows that came up after them, are seven years; and the seven poor ears of corn, blasted by the east wind, they are seven years of famine. This event which I have stated to Pharoh GOD has made known to Pharoh. T he seven years before us will be great years in all the land of the Mitzeraim; but they will be followed by seven years of famine afterwards, and those seven shall be forgotten in the land of the Mitzeraim, for the famine shall desolate the land. For those seven shall not be recognized i11 the land before the presence of the famine that will follow them ;-·—for it will be very heavy. As for the double dream granted to Pharoh, that confirms the event from GOD,——and GOD will hasten to effect it. Therefore let Pharoh seek out a man, firm and skilful, and set him over the Mitzerites, and let Pharoh act, and appoint officers over the land, and take a fifth part pro- duced by the land of the Mitzerites in the first seven years of the sevens, and store up all that food in the seven good years that are coming, and store up corn under the hand of Pharoh for food in cities and fortresses, so that there may be food to support the land in the seven years of famine which will be in the land of the Mitzerites, so that the country may not be cut off by the famine. And this advice was good in the

eyes of Pharoh, and in the eyes of his ministers. Therefore Pharoh commanded his ministers to select some man with the spirit of Gon in him. Then afterwards Pharoh said I have perceived that GOD is with you in all this, and there is certainly no intelligence like yours, therefore you shall be _over my house, and by your mouth all my affairs shall be regulated ; only in the throne Pharoh See, I appoint you over all theland ofthe Mitzerites. Then Pharoh took his ring from

his hand, and put it upon the hand of joseph, and clothed him in a white robe, and put a golden chain on his neck, and mounted him in a hooded chariot of his own, and they pro- claimed before him the appointment given to him over all the land of the Mitzerites. Pharoh also said to joseph, “ I am Pharoh !—¢-but without 28 33 34 35 37 39 43 44

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