Evening star., 1949-11-05


Pharaoh: and the birds did eat
them out Of the basket. And
Joseph answered: The three bas-
kets are three days: Yet within
three days shall Pharaoh hang
thee on a tree: and the birds shall
eat thy flesh from off thee.
And it came to pass the third
day. which was Pharaoh's birth
day. that he made a feast. And
he restored the chief butler, and
he gave the cup into Pharaoh's
hand: But he hanged the chief
baker: as Joseph had interpreted.
Yet did not the chief butler re-
member Joseph, but forgot him.
And it came to pass at the end
Of two years, that Pharaoh
dreamed: And in the morning
his spirit was troubled; and he
called for all the magicians of
Egypt. and all the wise men: and
told them his dream; but none
could interpret.
Then spake the chief butler
saying. In the captain Of the,
guards house, there was there
with us a young man, an Hebrew.
and he interpreted to US our
dreams. And as he interpreted,
so it was. ....-
Then Pharaoh called Joseph,
and they brought him hastily out
of the dungeon: And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph. have heard
say of thee, that thou canst un-
derstand a dream to interpret it.
And Joseph answered, It is not in
me: God shall give Pharaoh an
answer Of peace. And Pharaoh
said. In my dream, / stood upon
the bank Of the river: And there
came out Of the river seven kline.
fatf1eshed and well favoured; and
they fed in meadow: And, seven
other kline came up after them,
poor and i'll favoured and lean
fieshed: And the lean and the i'll
favoured kline did eat up the
seven fat kline: And 1t could not
be known that they had eaten
them; but they were still ill
flavoured, as at the beginning. So
I awoke. And I saw in my dream,
and seven ears came up in one
stalk. full and good: And seven
ears, withered. thin. and blasted
with the east wind, sprung up
after them: And the thin ears
devoured the seven good ears.
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh,
God hath showed Pharaoh what
he Is about to do. The seven good
kline are seven years: and the
seven good ears are seven years: |
the dream is one. And the seven |
thin and i'll favoured kline that |
came up after them are seven
years; and the seven empty ears
blasted with the east wind shall
be seven years of famine. Behold,
there come seven years of great
plenty throughout all the land Of
Egypt: and there shall arise after
them seven years of famine. And
God will shortly bring it to pass.
Now therefore let Pharaoh look
out a man discreet and wise, and
set him over the land of Egypt. |
And let him appoint officers over
the land, and take up the fifth
part of the land of Egypt in the
seven plenteous years, and lay up
corn under the hand of Pharaoh,
and keep food In the cities. And
that food shall be for store against
the seven years of famine; that
the land perish not through the
famine. III
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath showed
thee all this, there is none so dis
Greet and wise as thou: Thou 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.
And Joseph went throughout
all Egypt. And in the seven plen-
teous years t he earth brought
forth by handfuls. And he laid up
the food in the cities. And Joseph
gathered corn as the sand Of the
sea. very much, until he left num-
bering: for it was without number.
And the seven years Of plente-
BUSINESS were ended. And the seven
years Of dearth began to come
as Joseph had said: and the 4
dearth was in all lands; but in
all the land Of Egypt there was
bread. And when the people cried
for bread. Pharaoh said, Go unto
Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
And Joseph opened all the store
houses, and sold unto the Egyp- II
tians. And all countries came into II
Egypt to Joseph to buy corn.