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CHAPTER 40:
Pharaoh’s Dreams And
Their Interpretation.
Joseph’s Elevation And
Marriage (40:1-13; cf. Gen. 41)
1 And in those days Pharaoh
dreamed two dreams in one
night concerning a famine
which was to be in all the land,
and he awoke from his sleep
and called all the interpreters
of dreams that were in Egypt,
and magicians, and told them
his two dreams, and they were
not able to declare (them).
2 And then the chief butler
remembered Joseph and
spake of him to the king, and
he brought him forth from the
prison, and he told his two
dreams before him. 3 And he
said before Pharaoh that his
two dreams were one, and he
said unto him: “Seven years
will come (in which there will
be) plenty over all the land of
Egypt, and after that seven
years of famine, such a famine
as hath not been in all the
land. 4 And now let Pharaoh
Cf. Gn. 41:34 appoint overseers in all the
land of Egypt, and let them
store up food in every city
throughout the days of the
years of plenty, and there will
be food for the seven years of
famine, and the land will not
E L E V A T I O N
perish through the famine,
for it will be very severe.”
5 And Yahuah gave Joseph
favour and mercy in the eyes
of Pharaoh, and Pharaoh
said unto his servants: “We
shall not find such a wise and
discreet man as this man, for
the spirit of Yahuah is with
him.” 6 And he appointed him
the second in all his kingdom
and gave him authority over
all Egypt, and caused him to
ride in the second chariot of ’Êl ’Êl wa’
=
Pharaoh. 7 And he clothed Abîrr
Heb. ’el ’el
him with byssus garments, wa’bîr
’el, “God,
the
and he put a gold chain God,
mighty one
This
upon his neck, and (a herald) ofis aGod.”
peculiar
proclaimed before him “’Êl amplification
of the
’Êl wa’ Abîrr,” and he placed Hebrew
’abrk (R.V.
a ring on his hand and made “bow the
knee “) of
him ruler over all his house, Gn. 41:43.
one
and magnified him, and said “Mighty
of God”
be a
unto him: “Only on the throne may
technical
for
shall I be greater than thou.” term
a great
cf.
8 And Joseph ruled over all magician;
Acts 8:10.
the land of Egypt, and all the
princes of Pharaoh, and all
his servants, and all who did
the king’s business loved him,
for he walked in uprightness,
for he was without pride and
arrogance, and he had no
respect of persons, and did
not accept gifts, but he judged
in uprightness all the people
of the land. 9 And the land
of Egypt was at peace before
Pharaoh because of Joseph,
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