37:5 Joseph 7 had a dream, 8 and when he told his brothers about it, 9 they hated him even more. 10
37:9 Then he had another dream, 11 and told it to his brothers. “Look,” 12 he said. “I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
41:1 At the end of two full years 15 Pharaoh had a dream. 16 As he was standing by the Nile, 41:2 seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, 17 and they grazed in the reeds. 41:3 Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, 18 and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river. 19 41:4 The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
41:5 Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing 20 on one stalk, healthy 21 and good. 41:6 Then 22 seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them. 41:7 The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream. 23
41:8 In the morning he 24 was troubled, so he called for 25 all the diviner-priests 26 of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, 27 but no one could interpret 28 them for him. 29 41:9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures. 30 41:10 Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards – me and the chief baker. 41:11 We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning. 31 41:12 Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant 32 of the captain of the guards, 33 was with us there. We told him our dreams, 34 and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us. 35 41:13 It happened just as he had said 36 to us – Pharaoh 37 restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.” 38
41:14 Then Pharaoh summoned 39 Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh. 41:15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, 40 and there is no one who can interpret 41 it. But I have heard about you, that 42 you can interpret dreams.” 43 41:16 Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “It is not within my power, 44 but God will speak concerning 45 the welfare of Pharaoh.” 46
41:17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing 47 by the edge of the Nile. 41:18 Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds. 48 41:19 Then 49 seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows 50 as these in all the land of Egypt! 41:20 The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven 51 fat cows. 41:21 When they had eaten them, 52 no one would have known 53 that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before. Then I woke up. 41:22 I also saw in my dream 54 seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good. 41:23 Then 55 seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them. 41:24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this 56 to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning.” 57
41:25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Both dreams of Pharaoh have the same meaning. 58 God has revealed 59 to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 60 41:26 The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning. 61 41:27 The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent 62 seven years of famine. 41:28 This is just what I told 63 Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. 41:29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt. 41:30 But seven years of famine will occur 64 after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate 65 the land. 41:31 The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered 66 because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe. 67 41:32 The dream was repeated to Pharaoh 68 because the matter has been decreed 69 by God, and God will make it happen soon. 70
41:33 “So now Pharaoh should look 71 for a wise and discerning man 72 and give him authority 73 over all the land of Egypt. 41:34 Pharaoh should do 74 this – he should appoint 75 officials 76 throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt 77 during the seven years of abundance. 41:35 They should gather all the excess food 78 during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh’s authority 79 they should store up grain so the cities will have food, 80 and they should preserve it. 81 41:36 This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.” 82
4:12 “Now a word was secretly 83 brought 84 to me,
and my ear caught 85 a whisper 86 of it.
4:13 In the troubling thoughts 87 of the dreams 88 in the night
when a deep sleep 89 falls on men,
33:15 In a dream, a night vision,
when deep sleep falls on people
as they sleep in their beds.
2:13 After they had gone, an 93 angel of the Lord 94 appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod 95 is going to look for the child to kill him.”