A   And it fortuned after two yeres, that Pharao dreamed, and beholde, he stode by a ryuers syde, ∧ there came out of the ryuer seuen goodly kyne and fatt flesshed, and fedd in a medowe, ∧ .vij. other kyne came vp after them out of the ryuer, euel fauored and leane flesshed, and stode by the other kyne vpon the brynke of the ryuer. And the euyll fauored and leane flesshed kyne dyd eate vp the seu&ebar; well fauored and fatt kyne: and Pharao awoke. And he slepte agayne and dreamed the seconde tyme. And beholde, seuen eares of corne grewe vp&obar; one stalke, rancke and goodly. And agayne, seu&ebar; thynne eares blasted wyth the east wynde, sprange vp after them: and the seuen thynne eares deuowred the seuen rancke and full eares. B   And Pharao a waked: and se, it was a dreame. And wh&ebar; the mornynge came, his sprete was troubled. And he sent and called for all the sothesayers of Egypte, and all the wyse men therof, and Pharao tolde th&ebar; hys dreame: but there was none of th&ebar; that coulde interpretate it vnto Pharao. Than spake the chefe buttelar vnto Pharao sayinge: I do remembre my fawtes thys daye. Pharao beynge angrie wyth hys serua&ubar;tes, put in warde &ibar; the chefe Stewardes house both me ∧ the chefe baker. And we dreamed both of vs in one nyght, and eche m&abar;nes dreame of a sondrye interpretacyon.

And there was wyth vs a yonge man, an Hebrue borne, seruaunte vnto the chefe Stewarde. To whom wh&abar; we tolde them, he declared oure dreames to vs accordynge to ether of oure dreames. And as he declared th&ebar; vnto vs, euen so it came to passe. For he restored me to myne offyce agayne, ∧ hanged hym.

Pharao sent therfore and called Ioseph. And they brought hym hastely out of ^note preson. And he shaued hym selfe and chaunged hys rayment, and came in to Pharao. And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: I haue sene a dreame, C   and no man can interpretate it, and I haue hearde saye of the, that as soone as thou hearest a dreame, thou canst interpretate it. Ioseph answered Pharao, sayinge: Not I, but God shall geue Pharao an answere of peace. And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: in my dreame me thought I stode by a ryuers syde, and there came out of the ryuer seuen fatt flesshed, and well fauored kyne, ∧ fedd in the medowe. And the seuen other kyne came vp after them, poore and very euell fauored and leane flesshed: such as I neuer sawe in all the lande of Egypte, they were so euell fauored. And the seuen leane ∧ euell fauored kyne dyd eate vp the fyrst .vii fatt kyne. And when they had eaten th&ebar; vp, a man coulde not perceaue that they had eaten them: but they were still as euell fauored as they were at the begynnynge. And I awoke. And I sawe agayne in my dreame ∧ beholde, vii. eares sprange out of one stalk,

Ioseph. full and fayre, and .vij. other eares agayne, wythered, thynne and blasted with the east wynde, sprange vp after th&ebar;. And the thynne eares deuowred the .vij. good eares. And I haue tolde it vnto þe; soth sayers, but there was no man that coulde tell, what it meaneth. And Ioseph answered Pharao: both Pharaos dreames are one. And God hath shewed Pharao what he is aboute to do. The .vij. good kyne are .vij. yeares: and the .vij. good eares are seuen yeares also, and it is but one dreame. Lykewyse, þe; .vii. thynne and euell fauored kyne that came out after th&ebar;, are .vii. yeares: and the .vii. emptye and blasted eares shalbe .vii. yeares of hunger. D   Thys whych I haue sayde vnto Pharao, is it that God is aboute to do, and sheweth it vnto Pharao.

Beholde there come .vii. yeare of great plenteousnes through out all the lande of Egypte. And agayne there shall aryse after them .vii. yeares of hunger. And all the plenteousnes shalbe forgot&ebar; in the l&abar;de of Egypte: And the h&ubar;ger shall c&obar;sume the l&abar;de: nether shall the plenteousnes be know&ebar; in the lande. by reason of that hunger that shall come after, for it shalbe exceadinge great. And as concernynge that the dreame was doubled vnto Pharao the sec&obar;de tyme, beholde, the thynge is certaynly prepared of God, ∧ God wyll shortly brynge it to passe.

Nowe therfore, let Pharao prouyde for a man of vnderstondynge and wysdome, and sett hym ouer the lande of Egypte. And let Pharao do thys also, that he make offycers ouer the l&abar;de, and take vp the fyfte parte of the lande of Egypte in the .vii. plenteous yeares, and let them gather all the foode of these good yeres that come, and lay vp corne vnder the hande of Pharao, that there maye be foode in the cyties, and there let them kepe it: that there maye be foode in stoore in the lande, agaynst the seuen yeares of hunger whych shall come in the lande of Egypte, that the lande peryshe not thorowe hunger.

E   And the sayinge pleased Pharao and all hys serua&ubar;tes. Then sayde Pharao vnto hys serua&ubar;tes: where shall we fynde soch a man as thys is, in whom is the sprete of God? And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: for as moche as God hath shewed the all thys, there is no man of vnderstondynge or of wysdome lyke vnto þe;. Thou therfore shalt be ^note ouer my house, and accordynge to thy worde shall all my people be ruled, only in þe; kynges seate wyll I be aboue the. And Pharao sayde agayne vnto Ioseph: beholde, I haue sett the ouer all the lande of Egypte. And he toke of hys rynge from hys hande, and put it vpon Iosephs hande, and arayed hym in cloth of raynes, and put a golden cheyne aboute hys necke, and sett hym vpon the best charett that he had, saue one. And they cryed before hym: Bowe the knee, and Pharao made hym ruler ouer all the lande of Egypte.

F   And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: I am Pharao, wythout the shall no man lyfte vp hys h&abar;de or fote in all the lande of Egypte. And he called Iosephs name &club; &rhand; Zaphnath Paena. And he gaue hym to wyfe Asnath the daughter of Putiphar preast of On. Than went Ioseph abrode in the lande of Egypte. And he was thyrtye yeare olde &rhand; when he stode before Pharao kynge of Egypte. And Ioseph departynge from the presence of Pharao, went thorowe out all the lande of Egypte.

And in the seuen plenteous yeares they made sheues and gathered vp all þe; foode of the seu&ebar; plenteous yeares which were in the lande of Egypte, and layed vp the same in the cyties. The foode of the feldes that grewe rownde aboute euery cyte, layed he vp in the same. And Ioseph layde vp corne in stoore, lyke vnto the sande of the see, in multitude out of mesure, vntyll he left n&obar;brynge: For it was wythout nombre. And vnto Ioseph were borne two sonnes (before the yeares of hunger came) whych Asnath the daughter of Putiphar preast of On, bare vnto hym. G   And Ioseph called the name of þe; fyrst sonne ^note Manasse, for God (sayde he) hath made me forgett all my laboure &abar;d all my fathers housholde. The name of the seconde called he Ephraim, for God (sayd he) hath caused me to growe in the lande of my trouble.

And when the seuen yeares of plenteousnes that was in the lande of Egypte were ended, then came the seuen yeares of ^note derth accordyng as Ioseph had sayde. And þe; derth was in all l&abar;des: but in all the l&abar;de of Egypte was there yet foode. And when the lande of Egypt also began to hunger, the people cryed to Pharao for bread. And Pharao sayde vnto all the Egypcyans, goo vnto Ioseph, and what he sayth to you, that doo. And the derth was thorow out all the land. And Ioseph opened all that was in the cyties, and solde vnto the Egypcyans. For the hunger waxed sore in the lande of Egypte. And all co&ubar;trees came to Egypte to Ioseph for to bye corne: because that the h&ubar;ger was so sore in all landes.

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