Genesis — Chapter 40

flept againe , andfaw another dreamc: Seuen eares of carne grew forth vpon one ftalke ful and faire: 6. there {prang alfo other eares as many,thinne and blafted with aduftion, 7..deuouring althe beautie of the former. Pharao awaking vp after his reft , 8. arid when morning was come being frighted with feare , he fentto alzhe interpreters of gypt,and to al the wife men : and they being called for,told them his dreame,ncither was there anie that could interprete it. 9. Thenat length the Mafter of the cup-bearers remembring himfelfe,faid: 1 confefle my finne: 10. The King being angric with his feruants , commanded me and the chicfe of the bakers to be caft into the prifon of the Captaine of the foldiers: m, where in one night bothof vs.faw a dreame porten- ding things to come, 12. There was there a yong man an Hebrew, fer- uantto the fame Captaine of the foldiers to whom telling our drea- mes, 13. we heard whatfoeuer afterward the euent of the thing proued tobe fo, For 1 was reftored to my-office , and he was- hanged vpon agibber, 14. Forthwith at the Kmgs commandcment , Jofeph being brought out of the prifon they polled him :and changing his appa- rel, brought him vnto him. 15. To whom he faid : 1 haue feen drea- mes , and there is not ante that can expound them; wanich J hauc heard, thou docft moeft wifely interprete. 16. Tofeph anfwered : Without me , God fhal anfwer profperous thingsto Pharao. 17. Pharao ther- fore told that he had feen: Me thought I ftood vpon the banke of the riuer , 18. and feuen kine came vp out of the banke of the riuer,. excecding faire, and ful of fichh: which grazed on green places in a. mari!l, pafture. rg. And behold there followed thefe orher feuenkine,, fo paffing il fauoured and leane, that I neuer faw the like in the land of egypt ;20. which hauing deuoured and confumed the former, 21. gaue no token of their fulnes.: but with the like leanenes. & deformitie looked --- PAGE 135 --- GENESIS, looked heauily, Awaking,and fallen againe into a decp fleep , 22. 1 faw a dreame : Seuen earcs ot corne grew forth vpon one fialke, ful and verie faire, 23. Ocher feuen alfo thinne and blafted with aduftion, Peang of the ftalke , 24. which deuoured the beautie of the former: I rol declare it. 2.. Iofeph anfwered : The Kings dreame is one: God hath fhewed to Pharao (b) thethings that he wildoe. 26. The feuen faire kine, and the feuen ful eares , be feuen yeares of plentitulnes: and both conteine the felte-fame meaning of the dreame. 27. Alfo the feuen leane and thinne kine , that came vp after them, and the feuen thinne eares , and blafted with the burning wind , are feuen yeares of famine tocome. 28. Which fhal be fulfilled in this order. 29. Behold there fhal come feuen yeares of great fertilitie in the whole Land of £gypr:

are illu- fions of euil Y {fpirics, ’ Sonic are from God, ‘Holy Scriv- ‘ture andthe Church are Judges of ‘doubtful drea- mes. “4 1 (a) Pharao his dreames ,. and his Eunuches were prophe- tical, For by them God for- thewed things to come v, 25. lyet. they were no Prophets, but Iofeph: Who had the guift to inter- pret them, S. Awg.l.12.¢. 9.de Gen, ad lis, S$, Greg .l, 11. Mo- valmc.13,00b, GENESIS. 1 16 lofeph.

the ftare of mans bodic. Some are rather etfeés of things paft , then fignes of anie things to come. Of which fort the wife man faith : Drea- atter worldlings with great pretenfes , er co terrifte weake minds with dangers and affliGions, or tovexe and trouble thofe in fleep , whom they can not caf! moue waking, as S$.Gregoriedifcourfeth (li.8.Moral.in cap. 7. lob.) Some drea- mes are of God, as in Iacob , lofeph , thefe Eunuchs, Pharao , Nabuchodonofor, aid others both good and eui! men, But to difcerne and afiuredly to iudge of fome dreames, whether they be from God, by holie Angels,or illufions of euil fpirits,1s a {pecial guift of God , as alfo the interpretation therof belongcth to God, as Tofeph here teftifieth. Whofoeucr therfore wil be fecure muft relie either vpon expreffe Scripture,or 1udgement of the Church,as in ominous {peaches was noted before ( chap.24, ) O:herwife the general rule is, not to obferue dreames, Deut, 28, CHAP. basket that was the higher , I caried al meates that are made by the art mes doe follow mamieeares ( Eccle.s, ) Some are fuggelted by euil {pirits ;-cither ro © (a) Death on the croffe was moft cruel, & moft ignomi- nious, Cicero

after which fhal folow other feuen yeares of fo great fterilitie , that al the aboundance before fhal be forgotten: for the famine shal confume althe land, 31, and the greatnes of the {carcitie fhal deftroy the greatnes of the plentie, 32. And inthat thou dideft fee the fecond time adfeame perteining to the fame thing, itis a token of the certeintie, for that the word ot God thal come to paffe , and be fulfilled fpeedily,

Now therfore let the King prouide a wife man and induftrious, & make him Ruler ouer the Lad of Agypt:3q.that he may appoint ouer- feers ouer al countrics : and gather into barnes the fifth part of the truits, during the feuen yeares of the fertilitic , 3s. that now prefently thal enfue : and let al the corne be laid vp vnder Pharaoes hands, and let it be referued in the cities, 36. And let it be inareadines againft the famine of feuen yeares to come , which fhal opprefle Agypt, and the land (hal not be confumed with fcarcitie, 37. Tne counfel pleated Pha- rao, and al his feruants : 38. and he fpake to them: Can we find fuch an other man , that is fulofthe {piritot God? 39. He faid therfore to Jo- feph: Becaufe God hath fhewed thee al things that thou haft {poken,can J tnd a wifer and one like vnto thee ? 40, Thou fhalt be ouer my houfe, & at the commandement of thy mouth al the people thal obey : only in the throne of the Kinzdome! wil goe before thee. 41,And againe Pha- rao {aid tolofeph : Behold ,{ haue appointed thee ouer the whole land of Agypt. 42. And he tooke his ring from his owne hand , and gaue ir into his hand: and he put vpon him a filke robe, and put achainc of gold about his neckc, 43. And he made him goe vp into nis {econd cha- riot the cryer proclayming thatal fhould bow their knee before him, and that thcy fhould know he was” made Gouernour ouer the whole Land of Agypt. 44. And the King faid to lofeph :1 am Pharao:with- out thy commandment no man fhal moue hand or foot inal the land of Agypr. 45. And he turned his name, & called him inthe A¢yptian tong ‘the Sauiour of the world. And he gaue him to wire Afeneth the daugh- ter of Putiphar(c) Prieft of Heliopolis.lofeph thertore went forth to the land of Agypt (46. and he was thirtie yeares old when he ftood in the fight Tofeph. 117 the dreame to the coniecturers and there is no man thatcan 6) Thefethings came to patie by Gods par- treular proui- idence, Pfal, 4, \Gedcalled ( or {caufed } @ fa- ‘mine up the Lind. “c)Cohen fieni- heth Prieft ; as not only the latin , but alfo the 70. & Philo and Icfephus here tranflate; though fome- times it ficni- fieth Prince, as the Chaldey paraphrafis interpretcth, wherby it is probable that this Putiphar iwas botha 'Prieft anda ‘Prince. --- PAGE 136 --- Holy Tofeph fuddenly ad- wanced, Iofeph truly called the re- ucaler of fe. crets, Bur more ho- nourably, the Sauiour of the world, Thereina fign- re of Chrift, 1,8 GENESIS. lofeph. fight of King Pharao ) and did circuit al the countries of Agypt.

And the fertilictie of the feuen yeares came : and the corne being bound vp into fheaues was gathered together into the barnes of Agypt.

Al the aboundance alfo of graine was laid vp in cuerie citie, 4g. And there was fo great aboundance of wheat , that it became equal to the fand ofthe fea, andthe plentie exceeded meafure. so. And there were borne vito lofeph two fonnes betore the famine came : whom Afeneth the daughter of Putiphar Prieft of Heliopolis bare him, 51.And he called the name of the firlt-begotten * Manafles , faying : God made meto forget al my labours , and my tathers noufe. 52. Thename alfo of che fecond he called * Ephraim ,. faying : God hath made me to encreafe in the land of my pouertic, 53.Thertore whenthe feuen yeares of the plentitulnes , that had been in Agypt were paffed : 54. the feuen yeares of {carcitie began to come , which Iofeph foretold : and in the whole world the famine preuailed , but in althe land of Agypr there was bread. 55. The which being in hunger,the pcople cried to Pharao, detiring food. To whom he anfwered: Goc ye to Jofeph : & whatfoeuer he fhal fay to you, that doe ye. 56. And the tamine dayly encreafed in al the land : and lofeph opened al the barnes , and fold tothe A gyptians:. tor them alfo the tamine had oppreficd.s 7-And al Prouinces came into zypt, to buy victuals,andto moderate the miferic of the {carcitic, ANNOTATIONS.