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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 26, 26 January 2026   
      
   1)Genesis 41, Genesis 42   
      
   GENESIS 41   
      
   Pharaoh's Dreams   
      
   1 After two whole years, Pharaoh had a dream that he was standing by the Nile.   
   2 Seven fine-looking and fattened cows suddenly came up out of the river,   
   and they grazed in the meadow.   
   3 Then seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and gaunt,   
   and stood by the other cows on the riverbank.   
   4 The ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine-looking and fattened cows.   
   Then Pharaoh awoke.   
   5 He slept and dreamed a second time. Seven ears of grain suddenly came up   
   on one stalk, plump and good.   
   6 Then seven thin ears, scorched by the east   
   wind, sprang up after them.   
   7 The seven thin ears devoured the seven plump   
   and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.   
   8 In the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called   
   for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men.   
   Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was   
   no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.   
   9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying,   
   "Today I remember my offenses.   
   10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants   
   and put me in confinement in the captain of the guard's house,   
    both me and the chief baker.   
   11 And we had a dream in the same night,   
    he and I. We, each of us, dreamed according to the interpretation   
   of his own dream.   
   12 A young Hebrew man was with us there,   
    a servant to the captain of the guard. We told him and he interpreted   
   our dreams for us. To each man he interpreted according to his own dream.   
   13 It happened just as he interpreted. He restored me to my position,   
   and the baker was hanged." (Joseph remembered)   
   14 So Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they brought him hastily   
   out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothes,   
   and came to Pharaoh.   
   15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream,   
   and there is no one who can interpret it.   
   I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream to interpret it."   
   16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me.   
   God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."   
   17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream, I stood on the bank of the Nile.   
   18 And suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fattened   
   and fine-looking, and they grazed in the reeds.   
   19 Then seven other cows   
   came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt. I have never seen   
   such ugliness in all the land of Egypt.   
   20 And the gaunt and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.   
   21 And when they had eaten them up,   
   no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still   
    as ugly as before. Then I awoke.   
   22 "I also saw in my dreams seven ears of grain, full and good,   
   suddenly come up on one stalk.   
   23 Then seven ears, thin and scorched   
   by the east wind, sprang up after them.   
   24 And the thin ears swallowed   
    the seven good ears. So I told this 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 and the same.   
   God has shown 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 gaunt and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years,   
   and the seven empty ears scorched by the east wind will be   
   seven years of famine.   
   28 "It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh   
   what He is about to do.   
   29 Seven years of great abundance   
   will come throughout all the land of Egypt.   
   30 However, there will arise after them seven years of famine.   
   All the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt,   
   and the famine will consume the land.   
   31 The abundance will be unknown   
    in the land because of the famine following, for it will be very severe.   
   32 The reason the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice is because   
   the matter is established by God, and God will soon bring it to pass.   
   33 "Now, therefore, let Pharaoh seek out a man who is discerning   
   and wise and set him over the land of Egypt.   
   34 Let Pharaoh do this,   
   and let him appoint officials over the land and collect the fifth part of   
   the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven abundant years.   
   35 Let them gather all the food from those good years that come   
   and lay up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep   
    food in the cities.   
   36 This food will be for a reserve for the land   
   for the seven years of famine which will be in the land of Egypt,   
   so that the land does not perish during the famine."   
      
   Genesis 41   
      
   [1] And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed:   
   and, behold, he stood by the river.   
   [2] And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and   
   fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.   
   [3] And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill   
   favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the   
   river.   
   [4] And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well   
   favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.   
   [5] And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of   
   corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.   
   [6] And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up   
   after them.   
   [7] And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And   
   Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.   
   [8] And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he   
   sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men   
   thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could   
   interpret them unto Pharaoh.   
   [9] Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my   
   faults this day:   
   [10] Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain   
   of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:   
   [11] And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man   
   according to the interpretation of his dream.   
   [12] And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the   
   captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams;   
   to each man according to his dream he did interpret.   
   [13] And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored   
   unto mine office, and him he hanged.   
   [14] Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out   
   of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in   
   unto Pharaoh.   
   [15] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none   
   that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst   
   understand a dream to interpret it.   
   [16] And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give   
   Pharaoh an answer of peace.   
   [17] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the   
   bank of the river:   
   [18] And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)