Genesis 41
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river,
1Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
2Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.
2de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchræ et crassæ nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
3Other seven also came up out of the river, ill favoured, and leanfleshed: and they fed on the very bank of the river, in green places:
3Aliæ quoque septem emergebant de flumine, fœdæ confectæque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
4And they devoured them, whose bodies were very beautiful and well conditioned. So Pharao awoke.
4devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
5He slept again, and dreamed another dream: Seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and fair:
5rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque formosæ:
6Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted,
6aliæ quoque totidem spicæ tenues, et percussæ uredine oriebantur,
7And devoured all the beauty of the former. Pharao awaked after his rest:
7devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
8And when morning was come, being struck with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egypt, and to all the wise men: and they being called for, he told them his dream, and there was not any one that could interpret it.
8et facto mane, pavore perterritus, misit ad omnes conjectores Ægypti, cunctosque sapientes, et accersitis narravit somnium, nec erat qui interpretaretur.
9Then at length the chief butler remembering, said: I confess my sin:
9Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
10The king being angry with his servants, commanded me and the chief baker to be cast into the prison of the captain of the soldiers:
10iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi jussit in carcerem principis militum:
11Where in one night both of us dreamed a dream foreboding things to come.
11ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium præsagum futurorum.
12There was there a young man a Hebrew, servant to the same captain of the soldiers: to whom we told our dreams,
12Erat ibi puer hebræus, ejusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
13And we heard what afterwards the event of the thing proved to be so. For I was restored to my office: and he was hanged upon a gibbet.
13audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus; ego enim redditus sum officio meo, et ille suspensus est in cruce.
14Forthwith at the king’s command, Joseph was brought out of the prison, and they shaved him, and changing his apparel, brought him in to him.
14Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Joseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata obtulerunt ei.
15And he said to him: I have dreamed dreams, and there is no one that can expound them: Now I have heard that thou art very wise at interpreting them.
15Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quæ audivi te sapientissime conjicere.
16Joseph answered: Without me, God shall give Pharao a prosperous answer.
16Respondit Joseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
17So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Methought I stood upon the bank of the river,
17Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
18And seven kine came up out of the river exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture.
18et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
19And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt:
19Et ecce, has sequebantur aliæ septem boves, in tantum deformes et macilentæ, ut numquam tales in terra Ægypti viderim:
20And they devoured and consumed the former,
20quæ, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
21And yet gave no mark of their being full: but were as lean and ill favoured as before. I awoke, and then fell asleep again,
21nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
22And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, full and very fair.
22vidi somnium. Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque pulcherrimæ.
23Other seven also thin and blasted, sprung of the stock:
23Aliæ quoque septem tenues et percussæ uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
24And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it.
24quæ priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi conjectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
25Joseph answered: The king’s dream is one: God hath shewn to Pharao what he is about to do.
25Respondit Joseph: Somnium regis unum est: quæ facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
26The seven beautiful kine, and the seven full ears, are seven years of plenty: and both contain the same meaning of the dream.
26Septem boves pulchræ, et septem spicæ plenæ, septem ubertatis anni sunt: eamdemque vim somnii comprehendunt.
27And the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them, and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind, are seven years of famine to come:
27Septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentæ, quæ ascenderunt post eas, et septem spicæ tenues, et vento urente percussæ, septem anni venturæ sunt famis.
28Which shall be fulfilled in this order:
28Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
29Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of Egypt:
29ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti,
30After which shall follow other seven years of so great scarcity, that all the abundance before shall be forgotten: for the famine shall consume all the land,
30quos sequentur septem anni alii tantæ sterilitatis, ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia: consumptura est enim fames omnem terram,
31And the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.
31et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiæ magnitudo.
32And for that thou didst see the second time a dream pertaining to the same thing: it is a token of the certainty, and that the word of God cometh to pass, and is fulfilled speedily.
32Quod autem vidisti secundo ad eamdem rem pertinens somnium: firmitatis indicium est, eo quod fiat sermo Dei, et velocius impleatur.
33Now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and make him ruler over the land of Egypt:
33Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et præficiat eum terræ Ægypti:
34That he may appoint overseers over all the countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful years,
34qui constituat præpositos per cunctas regiones: et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,
35That shall now presently ensue: and let all the corn be laid up under Pharao’s hands and be reserved in the cities.
35qui jam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus.
36And let it be in readiness, against the famine of seven years to come, which shall oppress Egypt, and the land shall not be consumed with scarcity.
36Et præparetur futuræ septem annorum fami, quæ oppressura est Ægyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
37The counsel pleased Pharao and all his servants.
37Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris ejus:
38And he said to them: Can we find such another man, that is full of the spirit of God?
38locutusque est ad eos: Num invenire poterimus talem virum, qui spiritu Dei plenus sit?
39He said therefore to Joseph: Seeing God hath shewn thee all that thou hast said, can I find one wiser and one like unto thee?
39Dixit ergo ad Joseph: Quia ostendit tibi Deus omnia quæ locutus es, numquid sapientiorem et consimilem tui invenire potero?
40Thou shalt be over my house, and at the commandment of thy mouth all the people shall obey: only in the kingly throne will I be above thee.
40Tu eris super domum meam, et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus obediet: uno tantum regni solio te præcedam.
41And again Pharao said to Joseph: Behold, I have appointed thee over the whole land of Egypt.
41Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Joseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Ægypti.
42And he took his ring from his own hand, and gave it into his hand: and he put upon him a robe of silk, and put a chain of gold about his neck.
42Tulitque annulum de manu sua, et dedit eum in manu ejus: vestivitque eum stola byssina, et collo torquem auream circumposuit.
43And he made him go up into his second chariot, the crier proclaiming that all should bow their knee before him, and that they should know he was made governor over the whole land of Egypt.
43Fecitque eum ascendere super currum suum secundum, clamante præcone, ut omnes coram eo genu flecterent, et præpositum esse scirent universæ terræ Ægypti.
44And the king said to Joseph: I am Pharao; without thy commandment no man shall move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
44Dixit quoque rex ad Joseph: Ego sum Pharao: absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Ægypti.
45And he turned his name, and called him in the Egyptian tongue, The saviour of the world. And he gave him to wife Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis. Then Joseph went out to the land of Egypt:
45Vertitque nomen ejus, et vocavit eum, lingua ægyptiaca, Salvatorem mundi. Deditque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos. Egressus est itaque Joseph ad terram Ægypti
46(Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao) and he went round all the countries of Egypt.
46(triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis), et circuivit omnes regiones Ægypti.
47And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.
47Venitque fertilitas septem annorum: et in manipulos redactæ segetes congregatæ sunt in horrea Ægypti.
48And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.
48Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
49And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.
49Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenæ maris coæquaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
50And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore unto him.
50Nati sunt autem Joseph filii duo antequam veniret fames: quos peperit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos.
51And he called the name of the firstborn Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father’s house.
51Vocavitque nomen primogeniti Manasses, dicens: Oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum, et domus patris mei.
52And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.
52Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meæ.
53Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:
53Igitur transactis septem ubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Ægypto,
54The seven years of scarcity, which Joseph had foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed in the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.
54cœperunt venire septem anni inopiæ, quos prædixerat Joseph: et in universo orbe fames prævaluit, in cuncta autem terra Ægypti panis erat.
55And when there also they began to be famished, the people cried to Pharao for food. And he said to them: Go to Joseph: and do all that he shall say to you.
55Qua esuriente, clamavit populus ad Pharaonem, alimenta petens. Quibus ille respondit: Ite ad Joseph: et quidquid ipse vobis dixerit, facite.
56And the famine increased daily in all the land: and Joseph opened all the barns, and sold to the Egyptians: for the famine had oppressed them also.
56Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Joseph universa horrea, et vendebat Ægyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
57And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.
57Omnesque provinciæ veniebant in Ægyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiæ temperarent.
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