Genesis 41
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
1Post duos annos vidit Pharao somnium. Putabat se stare super fluvium,
2And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favoured and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.
2de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchræ et crassæ nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus.
3And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
3Aliæ quoque septem emergebant de flumine, fœdæ confectæque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
4And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
4devoraveruntque eas, quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat. Expergefactus Pharao,
5And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
5rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque formosæ:
6And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
6aliæ quoque totidem spicæ tenues, et percussæ uredine oriebantur,
7And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
7devorantes omnium priorum pulchritudinem. Evigilans Pharao post quietem,
8And 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.
8et facto mane, pavore perterritus, misit ad omnes conjectores Ægypti, cunctosque sapientes, et accersitis narravit somnium, nec erat qui interpretaretur.
9Then spoke the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying: 'I make mention of my faults this day:
9Tunc demum reminiscens pincernarum magister, ait: Confiteor peccatum meum:
10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in the ward of the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.
10iratus rex servis suis, me et magistrum pistorum retrudi jussit in carcerem principis militum:
11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
11ubi una nocte uterque vidimus somnium præsagum futurorum.
12And there was with us there a young man, a 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.
12Erat ibi puer hebræus, ejusdem ducis militum famulus: cui narrantes somnia,
13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: I was restored unto mine office, and he was hanged.'
13audivimus quidquid postea rei probavit eventus; ego enim redditus sum officio meo, et ille suspensus est in cruce.
14Then 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.
14Protinus ad regis imperium eductum de carcere Joseph totonderunt: ac veste mutata obtulerunt ei.
15And 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 when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.'
15Cui ille ait: Vidi somnia, nec est qui edisserat: quæ audivi te sapientissime conjicere.
16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying: 'It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.'
16Respondit Joseph: Absque me Deus respondebit prospera Pharaoni.
17And Pharaoh spoke unto Joseph: 'In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river.
17Narravit ergo Pharao quod viderat: Putabam me stare super ripam fluminis,
18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in the reed-grass.
18et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.
19Et ecce, has sequebantur aliæ septem boves, in tantum deformes et macilentæ, ut numquam tales in terra Ægypti viderim:
20And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.
20quæ, devoratis et consumptis prioribus,
21And 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.
21nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium: sed simili macie et squalore torpebant. Evigilans, rursus sopore depressus,
22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good.
22vidi somnium. Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque pulcherrimæ.
23And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
23Aliæ quoque septem tenues et percussæ uredine, oriebantur e stipula:
24And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.'
24quæ priorum pulchritudinem devoraverunt. Narravi conjectoribus somnium, et nemo est qui edisserat.
25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh: 'The dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is about to do He hath declared unto Pharaoh.
25Respondit Joseph: Somnium regis unum est: quæ facturus est Deus, ostendit Pharaoni.
26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
26Septem boves pulchræ, et septem spicæ plenæ, septem ubertatis anni sunt: eamdemque vim somnii comprehendunt.
27And the seven lean and ill-favoured kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.
27Septem quoque boves tenues atque macilentæ, quæ ascenderunt post eas, et septem spicæ tenues, et vento urente percussæ, septem anni venturæ sunt famis.
28That is the thing which I spoke unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do He hath shown unto Pharaoh.
28Qui hoc ordine complebuntur:
29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
29ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnæ in universa terra Ægypti,
30And 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;
30quos sequentur septem anni alii tantæ sterilitatis, ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia: consumptura est enim fames omnem terram,
31and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.
31et ubertatis magnitudinem perditura est inopiæ magnitudo.
32And 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.
32Quod autem vidisti secundo ad eamdem rem pertinens somnium: firmitatis indicium est, eo quod fiat sermo Dei, et velocius impleatur.
33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
33Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et præficiat eum terræ Ægypti:
34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty.
34qui constituat præpositos per cunctas regiones: et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,
35And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
35qui jam nunc futuri sunt, congreget in horrea: et omne frumentum sub Pharaonis potestate condatur, serveturque in urbibus.
36And the food shall be for a 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.'
36Et præparetur futuræ septem annorum fami, quæ oppressura est Ægyptum, et non consumetur terra inopia.
37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
37Placuit Pharaoni consilium et cunctis ministris ejus:
38And Pharaoh said unto his servants: 'Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?'
38locutusque est ad eos: Num invenire poterimus talem virum, qui spiritu Dei plenus sit?
39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.
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 according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled; only in the throne will I be greater than thou.'
40Tu eris super domum meam, et ad tui oris imperium cunctus populus obediet: uno tantum regni solio te præcedam.
41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.'
41Dixitque rursus Pharao ad Joseph: Ecce, constitui te super universam terram Ægypti.
42And Pharaoh took off his signet 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.
42Tulitque annulum de manu sua, et dedit eum in manu ejus: vestivitque eum stola byssina, et collo torquem auream circumposuit.
43And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him: 'Abrech'; and he set him over all the 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 Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his 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 Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over 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
46And 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.
46(triginta autem annorum erat quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis), et circuivit omnes regiones Ægypti.
47And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps.
47Venitque fertilitas septem annorum: et in manipulos redactæ segetes congregatæ sunt in horrea Ægypti.
48And 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.
48Omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est.
49And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.
49Tantaque fuit abundantia tritici, ut arenæ maris coæquaretur, et copia mensuram excederet.
50And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him.
50Nati sunt autem Joseph filii duo antequam veniret fames: quos peperit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos.
51And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: 'for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.'
51Vocavitque nomen primogeniti Manasses, dicens: Oblivisci me fecit Deus omnium laborum meorum, et domus patris mei.
52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: 'for God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'
52Nomen quoque secundi appellavit Ephraim, dicens: Crescere me fecit Deus in terra paupertatis meæ.
53And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
53Igitur transactis septem ubertatis annis, qui fuerant in Ægypto,
54And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
54cœperunt venire septem anni inopiæ, quos prædixerat Joseph: et in universo orbe fames prævaluit, in cuncta autem terra Ægypti panis erat.
55And 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.'
55Qua esuriente, clamavit populus ad Pharaonem, alimenta petens. Quibus ille respondit: Ite ad Joseph: et quidquid ipse vobis dixerit, facite.
56And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.
56Crescebat autem quotidie fames in omni terra: aperuitque Joseph universa horrea, et vendebat Ægyptiis: nam et illos oppresserat fames.
57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.
57Omnesque provinciæ veniebant in Ægyptum, ut emerent escas, et malum inopiæ temperarent.
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