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1. After two years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 at the end H4480 H7093 of two full years H8141 H3117 , that Pharaoh H6547 dreamed H2492 : and, behold H2009 , he stood H5975 by H5921 the river H2975 .
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2. And he saw seven cows coming out of the Nile. They were good-looking and fat, and they ate the grass beside the river.
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2. And, behold H2009 , there came up H5927 out of H4480 the river H2975 seven H7651 well H3303 favored H4758 kine H6510 and fatfleshed H1277 H1320 ; and they fed H7462 in a meadow H260 .
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3. Then he saw seven other cows coming out of the Nile after them. They looked bad and were thin. They stood by the other cows beside the Nile.
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3. And, behold H2009 , seven H7651 other H312 kine H6510 came up H5927 after H310 them out of H4480 the river H2975 , ill H7451 favored H4758 and leanfleshed H1851 H1320 ; and stood H5975 by H681 the other kine H6510 upon H5921 the brink H8193 of the river H2975 .
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4. Then the bad looking cows that were thin ate the seven good-looking, fat cows, and Pharaoh awoke.
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4. And the ill H7451 favored H4758 and leanfleshed H1851 H1320 kine H6510 did eat up H398 H853 the seven H7651 well H3303 favored H4758 and fat H1277 kine H6510 . So Pharaoh H6547 awoke H3364 .
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5. Then he fell asleep and dreamed a second time. He saw seven heads of grain growing on one stick of grain. They were large and full.
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5. And he slept H3462 and dreamed H2492 the second time H8145 : and, behold H2009 , seven H7651 ears of corn H7641 came up H5927 upon one H259 stalk H7070 , rank H1277 and good H2896 .
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6. Then he saw seven heads of grain come after them, which were small and made dry by the east wind.
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6. And, behold H2009 , seven H7651 thin H1851 ears H7641 and blasted H7710 with the east wind H6921 sprung up H6779 after H310 them.
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7. And the small heads of grain ate the seven large, full heads of grain. Then Pharaoh awoke and saw that it was a dream.
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7. And the seven thin H1851 ears H7641 devoured H1104 H853 the seven H7651 rank H1277 and full H4392 ears H7641 . And Pharaoh H6547 awoke H3364 , and, behold H2009 , it was a dream H2472 .
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8. So when morning came his spirit was troubled. He called for all the wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams. But there was no one who could tell Pharaoh the meaning of them.
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8. And it came to pass H1961 in the morning H1242 that his spirit H7307 was troubled H6470 ; and he sent H7971 and called for H7121 H853 all H3605 the magicians H2748 of Egypt H4714 , and all H3605 the wise men H2450 thereof : and Pharaoh H6547 told H5608 them H853 his dream H2472 ; but there was none H369 that could interpret H6622 them unto Pharaoh H6547 .
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9. Then the head cup-carrier said to Pharaoh, "I remember today what I have done wrong.
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9. Then spoke H1696 the chief H8269 butler H4945 H853 unto Pharaoh H6547 , saying H559 , I H589 do remember H2142 H853 my faults H2399 this day H3117 :
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10. Pharaoh was angry with his servants. And he put me and the head bread-maker in prison in the house of the head of the soldiers.
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10. Pharaoh H6547 was wroth H7107 with H5921 his servants H5650 , and put H5414 me in ward H4929 in the captain H8269 of the guard H2876 's house H1004 , both me and the chief H8269 baker H644 :
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11. He and I had a dream on the same night. Each dream had its own meaning.
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11. And we dreamed H2492 a dream H2472 in one H259 night H3915 , I H589 and he H1931 ; we dreamed H2492 each man H376 according to the interpretation H6623 of his dream H2472 .
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12. A young Hebrew was there with us. He worked for the head of the soldiers. We told our dreams to him. And he told us the meaning of them. He told each of us what our different dreams meant.
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12. And there was there H8033 with H854 us a young man H5288 , a Hebrew H5680 , servant H5650 to the captain H8269 of the guard H2876 ; and we told H5608 him , and he interpreted H6622 to us H853 our dreams H2472 ; to each man H376 according to his dream H2472 he did interpret H6622 .
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13. And it happened just like he had said it would. I was returned to my place of work. The bread-maker was killed on a tree."
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13. And it came to pass H1961 , as H834 he interpreted H6622 to us, so H3651 it was H1961 ; me he restored H7725 unto H5921 mine office H3653 , and him he hanged H8518 .
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14. Pharaoh then called for Joseph. And they brought him out of the prison in a hurry. He cut off the hair on his face and put on clean clothes. Then he came to Pharaoh.
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14. Then Pharaoh H6547 sent H7971 and called H7121 H853 Joseph H3130 , and they brought him hastily H7323 out of H4480 the dungeon H953 : and he shaved H1548 himself , and changed H2498 his raiment H8071 , and came in H935 unto H413 Pharaoh H6547 .
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15. Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream. But no one can tell me what it means. I have heard it said that you are able to hear a dream and tell what it means."
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15. And Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto H413 Joseph H3130 , I have dreamed H2492 a dream H2472 , and there is none H369 that can interpret H6622 it : and I H589 have heard H8085 say H559 of H5921 thee, that thou canst understand H8085 a dream H2472 to interpret H6622 it.
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16. Joseph answered Pharaoh, "Not by myself. God will give Pharaoh a good answer."
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16. And Joseph H3130 answered H6030 H853 Pharaoh H6547 , saying H559 , It is not in H1107 me: God H430 shall give Pharaoh an answer H6030 H6547 of H853 peace H7965 .
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17. So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream, I was standing beside the Nile.
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17. And Pharaoh H6547 said H1696 unto H413 Joseph H3130 , In my dream H2472 , behold H2009 , I stood H5975 upon H5921 the bank H8193 of the river H2975 :
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18. I saw seven cows coming out of the Nile. They were fat and good-looking, and they ate the grass beside the river.
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18. And, behold H2009 , there came up H5927 out of H4480 the river H2975 seven H7651 kine H6510 , fatfleshed H1277 H1320 and well H3303 favored H8389 ; and they fed H7462 in a meadow H260 :
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19. Then I saw seven other cows coming after them. They looked bad and were thin. I had never seen worse cows in all the land of Egypt.
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19. And, behold H2009 , seven H7651 other H312 kine H6510 came up H5927 after H310 them, poor H1800 and very H3966 ill H7451 favored H8389 and leanfleshed H7534 H1320 , such H2007 as I never H3808 saw H7200 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 for badness H7455 :
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20. Then the bad looking cows that were thin ate the first seven fat cows.
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20. And the lean H7534 and the ill favored H7451 kine H6510 did eat up H398 H853 the first H7223 seven H7651 fat H1277 kine H6510 :
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21. But after they had eaten them, it could not be seen that they had eaten them. For they were just as bad looking as before. Then I awoke.
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21. And when they had eaten them up H935 H413 H7130 , it could not H3808 be known H3045 that H3588 they had eaten H935 H413 H7130 them ; but they were still ill favored H4758 H7451 , as H834 at the beginning H8462 . So I awoke H3364 .
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22. I saw also in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stick of grain. They were large and full.
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22. And I saw H7200 in my dream H2472 , and, behold H2009 , seven H7651 ears H7641 came up H5927 in one H259 stalk H7070 , full H4392 and good H2896 :
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23. Then I saw seven heads of grain come after them. They were small and were dry because of the east wind.
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23. And, behold H2009 , seven H7651 ears H7641 , withered H6798 , thin H1851 , and blasted H7710 with the east wind H6921 , sprung up H6779 after H310 them:
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24. The small heads of grain ate the seven good heads of grain. Then I told it to the wise men. But there was no one who could tell me what it means."
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24. And the thin H1851 ears H7641 devoured H1104 H853 the seven H7651 good H2896 ears H7641 : and I told H559 this unto H413 the magicians H2748 ; but there was none H369 that could declare H5046 it to me.
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25. Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one and the same. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
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25. And Joseph H3130 said H559 unto H413 Pharaoh H6547 , The dream H2472 of Pharaoh H6547 is one H259 : God H430 hath showed H5046 Pharaoh H6547 H853 what H834 he is about to do H6213 .
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26. The seven good cows are seven years. And the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dreams are one and the same.
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26. The seven H7651 good H2896 kine H6510 are seven H7651 years H8141 ; and the seven H7651 good H2896 ears H7641 are seven H7651 years H8141 : the dream H2472 is one H259 .
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27. The seven bad looking cows that are thin that came up after them are seven years. And the seven small heads of grain made dry by the east wind mean seven years without food.
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27. And the seven H7651 thin H7534 and ill favored H7451 kine H6510 that came up H5927 after H310 them are seven H7651 years H8141 ; and the seven H7651 empty H7386 ears H7641 blasted H7710 with the east wind H6921 shall be H1961 seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 .
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28. It is as I have said to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
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28. This H1931 is the thing H1697 which H834 I have spoken H1696 unto H413 Pharaoh H6547 : What H834 God H430 is about to do H6213 he showeth H7200 H853 unto Pharaoh H6547 .
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29. Seven years are coming when there will be much food in all the land of Egypt.
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29. Behold H2009 , there come H935 seven H7651 years H8141 of great H1419 plenty H7647 throughout all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 :
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30. But after them will come seven years when there will be no food. The time of much food will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The time of no food will destroy the land.
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30. And there shall arise H6965 after H310 them seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 ; and all H3605 the plenty H7647 shall be forgotten H7911 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 ; and the famine H7458 shall consume H3615 H853 the land H776 ;
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31. The time without food will be so hard that no one in the land will remember when they had much.
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31. And the plenty H7647 shall not H3808 be known H3045 in the land H776 by reason of H4480 H6440 that H1931 famine H7458 following H310 H3651 ; for H3588 it H1931 shall be very H3966 grievous H3515 .
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32. That the dream was sent twice to Pharaoh shows that what will happen is planned by God. And God will make it happen soon.
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32. And for H5921 that the dream H2472 was doubled H8138 unto H413 Pharaoh H6547 twice H6471 ; it is because H3588 the thing H1697 is established H3559 by H4480 H5973 God H430 , and God H430 will shortly H4116 bring it to pass H6213 .
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33. "So now let Pharaoh look for a man who is understanding and wise. Let the land of Egypt be put into his care.
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33. Now H6258 therefore let Pharaoh H6547 look out H7200 a man H376 discreet H995 and wise H2450 , and set H7896 him over H5921 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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34. Let Pharaoh take action to choose men to watch over the land. And let him take a fifth part of the food of the land of Egypt during the seven years of much food.
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34. Let Pharaoh H6547 do H6213 this , and let him appoint H6485 officers H6496 over H5921 the land H776 , and take up the fifth part H2567 of H853 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 in the seven H7651 plenteous H7647 years H8141 .
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35. Let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming. Have them store the grain under the power of Pharaoh, to be used as food in the cities. And let them keep it safe.
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35. And let them gather H6908 H853 all H3605 the food H400 of those H428 good H2896 years H8141 that come H935 , and lay up H6651 corn H1250 under H8478 the hand H3027 of Pharaoh H6547 , and let them keep H8104 food H400 in the cities H5892 .
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36. This food will be kept for the people to eat during the seven years of no food that will come upon the land of Egypt. This way the land will not be destroyed during the time without food."
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36. And that food H400 shall be H1961 for store H6487 to the land H776 against the seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 , which H834 shall be H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 ; that the land H776 perish H3772 not H3808 through the famine H7458 .
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37. The plan pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.
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37. And the thing H1697 was good H3190 in the eyes H5869 of Pharaoh H6547 , and in the eyes H5869 of all H3605 his servants H5650 .
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38. Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this, who has in him the Spirit of God?"
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38. And Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto H413 his servants H5650 , Can we find H4672 such a one as this H2088 is , a man H376 in whom H834 the Spirit H7307 of God H430 is ?
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39. So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all this, there is no one as understanding and wise as you are.
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39. And Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto H413 Joseph H3130 , Forasmuch H310 as God H430 hath showed H3045 thee H853 all H3605 this H2063 , there is none H369 so discreet H995 and wise H2450 as thou H3644 art :
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40. My house will be put in your care. And all my people will do as you say. Only on the throne will I be greater than you."
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40. Thou H859 shalt be H1961 over H5921 my house H1004 , and according unto H5921 thy word H6310 shall all H3605 my people H5971 be ruled H5401 : only H7535 in the throne H3678 will I be greater H1431 than H4480 thou.
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41. Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have put you in power over all the land of Egypt."
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41. And Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto H413 Joseph H3130 , See H7200 , I have set H5414 thee over H5921 all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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42. Then Pharaoh took the ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand. He dressed him in clothes of fine cloth. He put a gold chain around his neck.
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42. And Pharaoh H6547 took off H5493 H853 his ring H2885 from H4480 H5921 his hand H3027 , and put H5414 it upon H5921 Joseph H3130 's hand H3027 , and arrayed H3847 him in vestures H899 of fine linen H8336 , and put H7760 a gold H2091 chain H7242 about H5921 his neck H6677 ;
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43. He had him travel in his second wagon of honor. And they called out in front of him, "Bow down!" Pharaoh put him in power over all the land of Egypt.
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43. And he made him to ride H7392 in the second H4932 chariot H4818 which H834 he had ; and they cried H7121 before H6440 him , Bow the knee H86 : and he made H5414 him ruler over H5921 all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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44. Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh. But unless it is your will, no one will raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."
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44. And Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto H413 Joseph H3130 , I H589 am Pharaoh H6547 , and without H1107 thee shall no H3808 man H376 lift up H7311 H853 his hand H3027 or foot H7272 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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45. Then Pharaoh gave Joseph the name of Zaphenath-paneah. He gave him for a wife Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera who was the religious leader of On. So Joseph went out through the land of Egypt.
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45. And Pharaoh H6547 called H7121 Joseph H3130 's name H8034 Zaphnath H6847 -paaneah ; and he gave H5414 him to wife H802 H853 Asenath H621 the daughter H1323 of Poti H6319 -pherah priest H3548 of On H204 . And Joseph H3130 went out H3318 over H5921 all the land H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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46. Joseph was thirty years old when he stood in front of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went from Pharaoh to visit every part of Egypt.
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46. And Joseph H3130 was thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 when he stood H5975 before H6440 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 . And Joseph H3130 went out H3318 from the presence H4480 H6440 of Pharaoh H6547 , and went H5674 throughout all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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47. During the seven good years the land brought much food.
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47. And in the seven H7651 plenteous H7647 years H8141 the earth H776 brought forth H6213 by handfuls H7062 .
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48. So he gathered into the cities all the food of these seven years when there was much in the land of Egypt. He put into each city the food from the fields around it.
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48. And he gathered up H6908 H853 all H3605 the food H400 of the seven H7651 years H8141 , which H834 were H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , and laid up H5414 the food H400 in the cities H5892 : the food H400 of the field H7704 , which H834 was round about H5439 every city H5892 , laid he up H5414 in the same H8432 .
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49. Joseph gathered as much grain as the sand of the sea. The time came when he stopped trying to know how much there was.
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49. And Joseph H3130 gathered H6651 corn H1250 as the sand H2344 of the sea H3220 , very H3966 much H7235 , until H5704 he left H2308 numbering H5608 ; for H3588 it was without H369 number H4557 .
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50. Two sons were born to Joseph before the years without food came. Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the religious leader of On, gave birth to them.
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50. And unto Joseph H3130 were born H3205 two H8147 sons H1121 before H2962 the years H8141 of famine H7458 came H935 , which H834 Asenath H621 the daughter H1323 of Poti H6319 -pherah priest H3548 of On H204 bore H3205 unto him.
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51. Joseph gave the first-born the name Manasseh. "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my trouble and all those of my father's house."
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51. And Joseph H3130 called H7121 H853 the name H8034 of the firstborn H1060 Manasseh H4519 : For H3588 God H430 , said he , hath made me forget H5382 H853 all H3605 my toil H5999 , and all H3605 my father H1 's house H1004 .
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52. He gave the second son the name of Ephraim. "For," he said, "God has given me children in the land of my suffering."
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52. And the name H8034 of the second H8145 called H7121 he Ephraim H669 : For H3588 God H430 hath caused me to be fruitful H6509 in the land H776 of my affliction H6040 .
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53. The seven good years of much food in the land of Egypt came to an end.
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53. And the seven H7651 years H8141 of plenteousness H7647 , that H834 was H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , were ended H3615 .
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54. And the seven bad years of no food began, as Joseph had said. No food was growing in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was food.
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54. And the seven H7651 years H8141 of dearth H7458 began H2490 to come H935 , according as H834 Joseph H3130 had said H559 : and the dearth H7458 was H1961 in all H3605 lands H776 ; but in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 there was H1961 bread H3899 .
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55. So when all the people of Egypt were hungry, they cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. Do what he tells you."
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55. And when all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 was famished H7456 , the people H5971 cried H6817 to H413 Pharaoh H6547 for bread H3899 : and Pharaoh H6547 said H559 unto all H3605 the Egyptians H4714 , Go H1980 unto H413 Joseph H3130 ; what H834 he saith H559 to you, do H6213 .
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56. When the hunger was spreading over all the earth, Joseph opened the store-houses. And he sold food to the Egyptians for the time without food had become hard in the land of Egypt.
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56. And the famine H7458 was H1961 over H5921 all H3605 the face H6440 of the earth H776 : And Joseph H3130 opened H6605 H853 all H3605 the storehouses H834 , and sold H7666 unto the Egyptians H4714 ; and the famine H7458 waxed sore H2388 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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57. The people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the time without food was hard everywhere.
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57. And all H3605 countries H776 came H935 into Egypt H4714 to H413 Joseph H3130 for to buy H7666 corn ; because H3588 that the famine H7458 was so sore H2388 in all H3605 lands H776 .
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