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Genesis 41:24-34 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

24. and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.

25. And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God will do he has made known to Pharaoh.

26. The seven fine kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

27. And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears, parched with the east wind, will be seven years of famine.

28. This is the word which I have spoken to Pharaoh: what God is about to do he has let Pharaoh see.

29. Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout the land of Egypt.

30. And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will waste away the land.

31. And the plenty will not be known afterwards in the land by reason of that famine; for it will be very grievous.

32. And as regards the double repetition of the dream to Pharaoh, it is that the thing is established by God and God will hasten to do it.

33. And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

34. Let Pharaoh do this: let him appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty,

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