Gen 41:12-46, 42:6, 44:18, 45:8-9, Psa 105:19-22, Pro 2:6, 3:4, 16:7 | ESV | STEP | A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard . When we told him, he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each man according to his dream .

Genesis 41:12-46

12 A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. When we told him, ^ahe interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each man according to his dream. 13 And ^bas he interpreted to us, so it came about. I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged.”

14 ^cThen Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they ^dquickly brought him ^eout of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. ^fI have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” 16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, ^g“It is not in me; ^hGod will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.” ^{▼▼Or (compare Samaritan, Septuagint) Without God it is not possible to give Pharaoh an answer about his welfare} 17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, ^jin my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile. 18 Seven cows, plump and attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass. 19 Seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt. 20 And the thin, ugly cows ate up the first seven plump cows, 21 but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke. 22 I also saw in my dream seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good. 23 Seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them, 24 and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And ^kI told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”

25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; ^lGod has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one. 27 The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also ^mseven years of famine. 28 It is as I told Pharaoh; ⁿGod has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 29 There will come ^oseven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt, 30 but after them there will arise ^pseven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. ^qThe famine will consume the land, 31 and the plenty will be unknown in the land by reason of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe. 32 And the doubling of Pharaoh’s dream means that the ^rthing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it about. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land ^{▼▼Or over the land and organize the land} of Egypt during the seven plentiful years. 35 And ^tlet them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 36 That food shall be a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not perish through the famine.”

Joseph Rises to Power

37 This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants. 38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, ^uin whom is the Spirit of God?” ^{▼▼Or of the gods} 39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are. 40 ^wYou shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command. ^{▼▼Hebrew and according to your command all my people shall kiss the ground} Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.” 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, ^yI have set you over all the land of Egypt.” 42 Then Pharaoh ^ztook his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and ^aaclothed him in garments of fine linen ^aband put a gold chain about his neck. 43 And he made him ride in his second chariot. ^acAnd they called out before him, “Bow the knee!” ^{▼▼Abrek, probably an Egyptian word, similar in sound to the Hebrew word meaning to kneel} Thus he set him ^aeover all the land of Egypt. 44 Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and ^afwithout your consent no one shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

46 Joseph was thirty years old when he ^agentered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 42:6

6 Now Joseph was governor ^ahover the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and ^aibowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 44:18

18 Then Judah went up to him and said, ^aj“Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and ^aklet not your anger burn against your servant, for ^alyou are like Pharaoh himself.

Genesis 45:8-9

8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ^amruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry.

Psalms 105:19-22

19 until ^anwhat he had said came to pass,
the word of the Lord ^aotested him.
20 ^apThe king sent and ^aqreleased him;
the ruler of the peoples set him free;
21 he ^armade him lord of his house
and ruler of all his possessions,
22 to bind ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome instruct} his princes at his pleasure
and to teach his elders wisdom.

Proverbs 2:6

6 For ^atthe Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Proverbs 3:4

4 So you will ^aufind favor and ^avgood success ^{▼▼Or repute}
in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 16:7

7 When a man’s ways please the Lord,
^axhe makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.