The Book of Genesis, Chapter 41ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ ΜΑ′

Μετὰ δὲ τὰ δύο ἔτη ταῦτα Φαραω εἶδεν ἐνύπνιον· ᾤετο ἑστάναι ἐπὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ.

After these two years Pharaoh saw a dream: he thought he was standing by the river.

καὶ ἰδοὺ ὥσπερ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀνέβαινον ἑπτὰ βόες καλαὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ἐκλεκταὶ ταῖς σαρξίν, καὶ ἐβόσκοντο ἐν τῷ ἄχει.

And behold, as if out of the river there came up seven cows, fair in appearance and choice in flesh, and they were grazing in the reed-grass.

ἄλλαι δὲ ἑπτὰ βόες ἀνέβαινον μετ᾿ αὐτὰς ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ, πονηραὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ λεπταὶ ταῖς σαρξίν· καὶ ἐνέμοντο παρὰ τὰς βόας παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τοῦ ποταμοῦ.

And another seven cows came up after them out of the river, vile in appearance and thin in flesh; and they grazed beside the cows on the bank of the river.

καὶ κατέφαγον αἱ ἑπτὰ βόες αἱ πονηραὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ λεπταὶ ταῖς σαρξίν τὰς ἑπτὰ βόας τὰς καλὰς τῷ εἴδει καὶ ἐκλεκτάς. ἐξεγερθεὶς δὲ Φαραω ἐκοιμήθη.

And the seven cows that were vile in appearance and thin in flesh devoured the seven cows that were fair in appearance and choice. And Pharaoh awoke and fell asleep.

καὶ ἐκοιμήθη καὶ ἐνυπνιάσθη τὸ δεύτερον· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἑπτὰ στάχυες ἀνέβαινον ἐν πυθμένι ἑνί, ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ καλοί.

And he slept and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain were coming up on a single stalk, choice and good.

ἄλλοι δὲ ἑπτὰ στάχυες λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι ἀνεφύοντο μετ᾿ αὐτούς.

And another seven ears, thin and wind-blasted, grew up after them.

καὶ κατέπιον οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυες οἱ λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι τοὺς ἑπτὰ στάχυας τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς καὶ πλήρεις. ἐξεγερθεὶς δὲ Φαραω ἔγνω ὅτι ἐνύπνιον ἦν.

And the seven thin and wind-blasted ears swallowed up the seven choice and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke and knew that it was a dream.

ἐγένετο δὲ πρωΐ, καὶ ἐταράχθη ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἀποστείλας ἐκάλεσεν πάντας τοὺς ἐξηγητὰς Αἰγύπτου καὶ πάντας τοὺς σοφοὺς αὐτῆς· καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτοῖς Φαραω τὸ ἐνύπνιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἀναγγέλλων αὐτὰ τῷ Φαραω.

And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and summoned all the expounders of Egypt and all its wise men; and Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no one to interpret them for Pharaoh.

Καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὁ ἀρχιοινοχόος πρὸς Φαραω λέγων· Τὴν ἁμαρτίαν μου ἀναμιμνήσκω σήμερον·

And the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, 'I recall my fault today:'

Φαραω ὀργισθεὶς τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ ἔθετο ἡμᾶς ἐν φυλακῇ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ ἀρχιμαγείρου ἐμέ τε καὶ τὸν ἀρχισιτοποιόν·

Pharaoh being angry with his servants placed us in custody in the house of the chief guard, both me and the chief baker;

καὶ εἴδομεν ἐνύπνιον ἀμφότεροι ἐν νυκτὶ μιᾷ, ἐγώ τε καὶ αὐτός· ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὸ αὐτοῦ ἐνύπνιον εἴδομεν.

And we both saw a dream in the same night, both I and he; each according to his own dream we saw.

ἦν δὲ ἐκεῖ μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν νεανίσκος παῖς Ἑβραῖος τοῦ ἀρχιμαγείρου, καὶ διηγησάμεθα αὐτῷ, καὶ συνέκρινεν ἡμῖν τὰ ἐνύπνια ἡμῶν.

And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew servant of the chief guard, and we told him, and he interpreted our dreams for us.

ἐγένετο δὲ καθὼς συνέκρινεν ἡμῖν, οὕτως καὶ ἀπέβη· ἐμέ τε ἀποκατέστησεν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχήν μου, καὶ ἐκεῖνον ἐκρέμασεν.

And it came to pass that as he interpreted to us, so also it turned out: me he restored to my office, and him he hanged.

Ἀποστείλας δὲ Φαραω ἐκάλεσεν τὸν Ιωσηφ· καὶ ἐξήγαγον αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ ὀχυρώματος καὶ ἐξύρησαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἤλλαξαν τὴν στολὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἦλθεν πρὸς Φαραω.

And Pharaoh sent and called Joseph; and they brought him out of the stronghold and shaved him and changed his clothing, and he came to Pharaoh.

εἶπεν δὲ Φαραω τῷ Ιωσηφ· Ἐνύπνιον ἑώρακα, καὶ ὁ συγκρίνων αὐτὸ οὐκ ἔστιν· ἐγὼ δὲ ἀκήκοα περὶ σοῦ λεγόντων ὅτι ἀκούσας ἐνύπνια συγκρίνεις αὐτά.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'I have seen a dream, and there is no one to interpret it; but I have heard it said about you that when you hear dreams you interpret them.'

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ιωσηφ τῷ Φαραω εἶπεν· Ἄνευ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἀποκριθήσεται τὸ σωτήριον Φαραω.

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, 'Without God an answer of salvation shall not be given to Pharaoh.'

ἐλάλησεν δὲ Φαραω τῷ Ιωσηφ λέγων· Ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ μου ᾤμην ἑστάναι παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τοῦ ποταμοῦ·

And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, 'In my sleep I thought I was standing by the bank of the river;'

καὶ ὥσπερ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀνέβαινον ἑπτὰ βόες καλαὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ἐκλεκταὶ ταῖς σαρξίν, καὶ ἐβόσκοντο ἐν τῷ ἄχει·

and as if out of the river seven cows were coming up, fair in appearance and choice in flesh, and they were grazing in the reed-grass;

καὶ ἄλλαι ἑπτὰ βόες ἀνέβαινον ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ἰσχναὶ καὶ πονηραὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ λεπταὶ ταῖς σαρξίν, οἷαι οὐκ εἴδον τοιαύτας ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ γῇ Αἰγύπτου αἰσχροτέρας·

and another seven cows came up after them, gaunt and vile in appearance and thin in flesh, such as I have not seen their equal for ugliness in all the land of Egypt;

καὶ κατέφαγον αἱ ἑπτὰ βόες αἱ αἰσχραὶ καὶ λεπταὶ τὰς ἑπτὰ βόας τὰς πρώτας τὰς καλάς·

and the seven ugly and thin cows devoured the seven first fine cows;

καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώσθη ὅτι εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ ὅρασις αὐτῶν αἰσχρά, καθάπερ καὶ τὴν ἀρχήν. ἐξεγερθεὶς δὲ ἐκοιμήθην.

and they entered their belly, and it was not known that they had entered their belly, and their appearance was ugly, just as at the beginning. And I woke up and fell asleep.

εἶδον δὲ πάλιν ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ μου, καὶ ὥσπερ ἑπτὰ στάχυες ἀνέβαινον ἐν πυθμένι ἑνί, πλήρεις καὶ καλοί·

And I saw again in my sleep, and as if seven ears of grain were coming up on a single stalk, full and good;

ἄλλοι δὲ ἑπτὰ στάχυες λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι ἀνεφύοντο ἐχόμενοι αὐτῶν·

and another seven ears, thin and wind-blasted, were growing up alongside them;

καὶ κατέπιον οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυες οἱ λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι τοὺς ἑπτὰ στάχυας τοὺς καλοὺς καὶ πλήρεις. εἶπα δὲ τοῖς ἐξηγηταῖς, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἀπαγγέλλων μοι.

And the seven thin and wind-blasted ears swallowed the seven good and full ears. And I told the expounders, but there was no one to interpret for me.

εἶπεν δὲ Ιωσηφ τῷ Φαραω· Τὸ ἐνύπνιον Φαραω ἕν ἐστιν· ὅσα ὁ θεὸς ποιεῖ, ἔδειξεν τῷ Φαραω.

And Joseph said to Pharaoh, 'The dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is doing, he has shown to Pharaoh.'

αἱ ἑπτὰ βόες αἱ καλαὶ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐστίν, καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυες οἱ καλοὶ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐστίν· τὸ ἐνύπνιον Φαραω ἕν ἐστιν.

The seven fine cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream of Pharaoh is one.

καὶ αἱ ἑπτὰ βόες αἱ λεπταὶ καὶ αἰσχραὶ αἱ ἀναβαίνουσαι ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐστίν, καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυες οἱ λεπτοὶ καὶ ἀνεμόφθοροι ἔσονται ἑπτὰ ἔτη λιμοῦ.

And the seven lean and ugly cows coming up after them are seven years, and the seven thin and wind-blasted ears will be seven years of famine.

τοῦτο δὲ τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ εἴρηκα τῷ Φαραω· ὅσα ὁ θεὸς ποιεῖ, ἔδειξεν τῷ Φαραω.

This is the word I have spoken to Pharaoh: what God is doing, he has shown to Pharaoh.

ἰδοὺ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἔρχεται εὐθηνία πολλὴ ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου·

Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt;

ἥξει δὲ ἑπτὰ ἔτη λιμοῦ μετὰ ταῦτα, καὶ ἐπιλήσονται τῆς εὐθηνίας ἐν ὅλῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἀναλώσει ὁ λιμὸς τὴν γῆν·

but seven years of famine will come after these things, and they will forget the abundance throughout all the land of Egypt, and the famine will consume the land;

καὶ οὐκ ἐπιγνωσθήσεται ἡ εὐθηνία ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ τοῦ ἐσομένου μετὰ ταῦτα· ἰσχυρὸς γὰρ ἔσται σφόδρα.

and the abundance will not be discernible on the land because of the famine that will come after these things; for it will be exceedingly severe.

περὶ δὲ τοῦ δευτερωθῆναι τὸ ἐνύπνιον Φαραω δίς, ὅτι ἀληθὲς ἔσται τὸ ῥῆμα τὸ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ταχυνεῖ ὁ θεὸς τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτό.

And concerning the dream being repeated to Pharaoh twice, it is because the word from God will be true, and God will hasten to accomplish it.

νῦν οὖν σκέψαι ἄνθρωπον φρόνιμον καὶ συνετόν, καὶ κατάστησον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς Αἰγύπτου.

Now therefore consider a man prudent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

καὶ ποιησάτω Φαραω καὶ καταστησάτω τοπάρχας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἀποπεμψάτω τὸ πέμπτον τῆς γῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐν τοῖς ἑπτὰ ἔτεσιν τῆς εὐθηνίας·

And let Pharaoh act and appoint regional administrators over the land, and let him collect a fifth of the land of Egypt's produce during the seven years of abundance;

καὶ συναγαγέτω πάντα τὰ βρώματα τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν τῶν ἐρχομένων τῶν καλῶν τούτων, καὶ συναχθήτω ὁ σῖτος ὑπὸ χεῖρα Φαραω, βρώματα ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν φυλαχθήτω.

And let him gather all the food of these seven coming good years, and let the grain be collected under Pharaoh's authority; let food be stored in the cities.

καὶ ἔσται τὰ βρώματα παρακαταθήκη τῇ γῇ εἰς τὰ ἑπτὰ ἔτη τοῦ λιμοῦ, ἃ ἔσονται ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ οὐκ ἐκτριβήσεται ἡ γῆ ἐν τῷ λιμῷ.

And the food will be a deposit for the land against the seven years of famine that will come in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not be destroyed in the famine.

Ἤρεσεν δὲ τὰ ῥήματα ἐναντίον Φαραω καὶ ἐναντίον πάντων τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ.

And the words pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.

εἶπεν δὲ Φαραω πᾶσιν τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ· Μὴ εὑρήσομεν ἄνθρωπον τοιοῦτον ὃς ἔχει πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ;

And Pharaoh said to all his servants, 'Shall we find a man such as this, who has the spirit of God in him?'

εἶπεν δὲ Φαραω τῷ Ιωσηφ· Ἐπεὶ ἔδειξέν σοι ὁ θεὸς πάντα ταῦτα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἄνθρωπος φρονιμώτερός σου καὶ συνετώτερος·

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Since God has shown you all these things, there is no man more prudent or wiser than you;'

σὺ ἔσῃ ἐπὶ τῷ οἴκῳ μου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ στόματί σου ὑπακούσεται πᾶς ὁ λαός μου· πλὴν τὸν θρόνον ὑπερέξω σου ἐγώ.

You shall be over my house, and to your word all my people shall submit; only in the throne will I be greater than you.

εἶπεν δὲ Φαραω τῷ Ιωσηφ· Ἰδοὺ καθίστημί σε σήμερον ἐπὶ πάσης γῆς Αἰγύπτου.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Behold, I appoint you today over all the land of Egypt.'

καὶ περιελόμενος Φαραω τὸν δακτύλιον ἀπὸ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ περιέθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα Ιωσηφ, καὶ ἐνέδυσεν αὐτὸν στολὴν βυσσίνην καὶ περιέθηκεν κλοιὸν χρυσοῦν περὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ·

And Pharaoh, removing his ring from his hand, placed it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in a fine-linen robe and placed a gold collar around his neck;

καὶ ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ ἅρμα τὸ δεύτερον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκήρυξεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ κῆρυξ· καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν ἐφ' ὅλης τῆς γῆς Αἰγύπτου.

And he set him on his second chariot, and a herald proclaimed before him; and he set him over all the land of Egypt.

εἶπεν δὲ Φαραω τῷ Ιωσηφ· Ἐγὼ Φαραω· ἄνευ σοῦ οὐκ ἐξαρεῖ οὐθεὶς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'I am Pharaoh; without you no one shall lift his hand in all the land of Egypt.'

καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Φαραω τὸ ὄνομα Ιωσηφ Ψονθομφανηχ· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ τὴν Ασεννεθ θυγατέρα Πετεφρη ἱερέως Ἡλίου πόλεως αὐτῷ γυναῖκα.

And Pharaoh called the name of Joseph 'Zaphnath-Paaneah'; and he gave him Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of the City of the Sun as a wife.

Ιωσηφ δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν τριάκοντα ὅτε ἔστη ἐναντίον Φαραω βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου. ἐξῆλθεν δὲ Ιωσηφ ἀπὸ προσώπου Φαραω καὶ διῆλθεν πᾶσαν γῆν Αἰγύπτου.

Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and passed through all the land of Egypt.

ἐποίησεν δὲ ἡ γῆ ἐν τοῖς ἑπτὰ ἔτεσιν τῆς εὐθηνίας δράγματα.

And the land produced heaps of grain in the seven years of abundance.

καὶ συνήγαγεν πάντα τὰ βρώματα τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ἐν οἷς ἦν ἡ εὐθηνία ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἔθηκεν τὰ βρώματα ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν· βρώματα τοῦ ἀγροῦ τῆς πόλεως τῆς κύκλῳ αὐτῆς ἔθηκεν ἐν αὐτῇ.

And he gathered all the food of the seven years in which there was abundance in the land of Egypt, and he stored the food in the cities; the food of the fields of the city round about it he stored in it.

καὶ συνήγαγεν Ιωσηφ σῖτον ὡσεὶ τὴν ἄμμον τῆς θαλάσσης πολὺν σφόδρα, ἕως οὗ οὐκ ἠδύνατο ἀριθμεῖν· οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἀριθμός.

And Joseph gathered grain like the sand of the sea, exceedingly much, until it was not possible to count it; for there was no number.

τῷ δὲ Ιωσηφ ἐγένοντο υἱοὶ δύο πρὸ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν τὰ ἑπτὰ ἔτη τοῦ λιμοῦ, οὓς ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ Ασεννεθ θυγάτηρ Πετεφρη ἱερέως Ἡλίου πόλεως.

And two sons were born to Joseph before the seven years of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of the City of the Sun bore to him.

ἐκάλεσεν δὲ Ιωσηφ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πρωτοτόκου Μανασση, λέγων· Ὅτι ἐπελάθετό μου ὁ θεὸς πάντων τῶν πόνων μου καὶ πάντων τῶν τοῦ πατρός μου.

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, saying, 'Because God has caused me to forget all my hardships and all the things of my father.'

τὸ δὲ ὄνομα τοῦ δευτέρου ἐκάλεσεν Εφραιμ, λέγων· Ὅτι ηὔξησέν με ὁ θεὸς ἐν γῇ ταπεινώσεώς μου.

And the name of the second he called Ephraim, saying, 'Because God has made me fruitful in the land of my humiliation.'

ἐξέλιπον δὲ τὰ ἑπτὰ ἔτη τῆς εὐθηνίας ἃ ἐγένετο ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου.

And the seven years of abundance that came in the land of Egypt came to an end.

καὶ ἤρξαντο τὰ ἑπτὰ ἔτη τοῦ λιμοῦ ἔρχεσθαι, καθάπερ εἶπεν Ιωσηφ· καὶ ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ· ἐν δὲ πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου ἦσαν ἄρτοι.

And the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all the earth; but in all the land of Egypt there were loaves.