Genesis 41 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

Pharaoh's Dream

Gen 41:1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river.

Gen 41:2And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fine-looking and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed-grass.

Gen 41:3

Gen 41:3And behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, bad-looking and lean-fleshed, and stood by the kine on the bank of the river.

Gen 41:4

Gen 41:4And the kine that were bad-looking and lean-fleshed ate up the seven kine that were fine-looking and fat. And Pharaoh awoke.

Gen 41:5

Gen 41:5And he slept and dreamed the second time; and behold, seven ears of corn grew up on one stalk, fat and good.

Gen 41:6

Gen 41:6And behold, seven ears, thin and parched with the east wind, sprung up after them.

Gen 41:7

Gen 41:7And the thin ears devoured the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke; and behold, it was a dream.

Gen 41:8

Gen 41:8And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the scribes of Egypt, and all the sages who were therein, and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none to interpret them to Pharaoh.

Gen 41:9

Gen 41:9Then spoke the chief of the cup-bearers to Pharaoh, saying, I remember mine offences this day.

Gen 41:10

Gen 41:10Pharaoh was wroth with his bondmen, and put me in custody into the captain of the life-guard's house, me and the chief of the bakers.

Gen 41:11

Gen 41:11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each according to the interpretation of his dream.

Gen 41:12

Gen 41:12And there was there with us a Hebrew youth, a bondman of the captain of the life-guard, to whom we told them, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each he interpreted according to his dream.

Gen 41:13

Gen 41:13And it came to pass, just as he interpreted to us, so it came about: me has he restored to my office, and him he hanged.

Joseph Interprets

Gen 41:14

Gen 41:14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph; and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. And he shaved himself, and changed his clothes, and came in to Pharaoh.

Gen 41:15

Gen 41:15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamt a dream, and there is none to interpret it. And I have heard say of thee, thou understandest a dream to interpret it.

Gen 41:16

Gen 41:16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

Gen 41:17

Gen 41:17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river.

Gen 41:18

Gen 41:18And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and of fine form, and they fed in the reed-grass.

Gen 41:19

Gen 41:19And behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very ill-formed, and lean-fleshed -- such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.

Gen 41:20

Gen 41:20And the lean and bad kine ate up the seven first fat kine;

Gen 41:21

Gen 41:21and they came into their belly, and it could not be known that they had come into their belly; and their look was bad, as at the beginning. And I awoke.

Gen 41:22

Gen 41:22And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good.

Gen 41:23

Gen 41:23And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them;

Gen 41:24

Gen 41:24and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.

Gen 41:25

Gen 41:25And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God will do he has made known to Pharaoh.

Gen 41:26

Gen 41:26The seven fine kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

Gen 41:27

Gen 41:27And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears, parched with the east wind, will be seven years of famine.

Gen 41:28

Gen 41:28This is the word which I have spoken to Pharaoh: what God is about to do he has let Pharaoh see.

Gen 41:29

Gen 41:29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout the land of Egypt.

Gen 41:30

Gen 41:30And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will waste away the land.

Gen 41:31

Gen 41:31And the plenty will not be known afterwards in the land by reason of that famine; for it will be very grievous.

Gen 41:32

Gen 41:32And as regards the double repetition of the dream to Pharaoh, it is that the thing is established by God, and God will hasten to do it.

Gen 41:33

Gen 41:33And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

Gen 41:34

Gen 41:34Let Pharaoh do this: let him appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty,

Gen 41:35

Gen 41:35and let them gather all the food of these coming good years, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, for food in the cities, and keep it.

Gen 41:36

Gen 41:36And let the food be as store for the land for the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.

Gen 41:37

Gen 41:37And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his bondmen.

Joseph Is Made a Ruler of Egypt

Gen 41:38

Gen 41:38And Pharaoh said to his bondmen, Shall we find one as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

Gen 41:39

Gen 41:39And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all this known to thee, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.

Gen 41:40

Gen 41:40Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy commandment shall all my people regulate themselves; only concerning the throne will I be greater than thou.

Gen 41:41

Gen 41:41And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

Gen 41:42

Gen 41:42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in clothes of byssus, and put a gold chain on his neck.

Gen 41:43

Gen 41:43And he caused him to ride in the second chariot that he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee! and he set him over all the land of Egypt.

Gen 41:44

Gen 41:44And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.

Gen 41:45

Gen 41:45And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah, and gave him as wife Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

Gen 41:46

Gen 41:46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh, and passed through the whole land of Egypt.

Gen 41:47

Gen 41:47And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.

Gen 41:48

Gen 41:48And he gathered up all the food of the seven years that was in the land of Egypt, and put the food in the cities; the food of the fields of the city, which were round about it, he laid up in it.

Gen 41:49

Gen 41:49And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.

The Sons of Joseph

Gen 41:50

Gen 41:50And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asnath the daughter of Potipherah the priest in On bore to him.

Gen 41:51

Gen 41:51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh -- For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

Gen 41:52

Gen 41:52And the name of the second he called Ephraim -- For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

Gen 41:53

Gen 41:53And the seven years of plenty that were in the land of Egypt were ended;

Gen 41:54

Gen 41:54and the seven years of the dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was dearth in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Gen 41:55

Gen 41:55And all the land of Egypt suffered from the dearth. And the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph: what he says to you, that do.

Gen 41:56

Gen 41:56And the famine was on all the earth. And Joseph opened every place in which there was provision, and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was grievous in the land of Egypt.

Gen 41:57

Gen 41:57And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was grievous on the whole earth.

In 1867, John Nelson Darby translated the New Testament from Greek into English. Further revisions were done in 1872 and 1884. Darby’s work was first published as The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby. After Darby’s death in 1882, some of his students worked together to produce the complete Darby Bible based on the Masoretic Hebrew text, Darby’s German (Elberfelder), and the French (Pau) translations. In 1890, the first complete Darby Bible was published in English. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Genesis 41 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

Pharaoh's Dream

Joseph Interprets

Joseph Is Made a Ruler of Egypt

The Sons of Joseph

Pericope