YOḆELIM 40 (Jubilee 40)

1 And in those days Pharaoh dreamed two dreams in one night concerning a scarcity of food which was to be in all the land. And he awoke from his sleep and called all the interpreters of dreams that were in Mitsrayim, and magicians, and told them his two dreams, but they were not able to declare.

2 And then the chief cupbearer remembered Yosĕph and spoke of him to the sovereign, and he brought him out from the prison, and he told his two dreams before him.

3 And he said before Pharaoh that his two dreams were one, and he said to him, “Seven years of plenty shall come over all the land of Mitsrayim, and after that seven years of scarcity of food; such a scarcity of food as has not been in all the land.

4 “And now let Pharaoh appoint overseers in all the land of Mitsrayim, and let them store up food in every city throughout the days of the years of plenty, and there shall be food for the seven years of scarcity of food, and the land shall not perish through scarcity of food, for it will be very severe.”

5 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 gave Yosĕph favour and kindness in the eyes of Pharaoh, and Pharaoh said to his servants, “We shall not find such a wise and discerning man as this man, for the spirit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 is with him.”

6 And he appointed him the second in all his reign and gave him authority over all Mitsrayim, and caused him to ride in the second chariot of Pharaoh.

7 And he clothed him in fine linen garments, and he put a gold chain upon his neck, and proclaimed before him, “Ĕl Ĕl wa’Abirĕr.” And he placed a ring on his hand and made him ruler over all his house, and magnified him, and said to him, “Only on the throne shall I be greater than you.”

8 And Yosĕph ruled over all the land of Mitsrayim, and all the princes of Pharaoh, and all his servants, and all who did the sovereign’s business loved him, for he walked in uprightness, for he was without pride and arrogance, and he had no respect of faces, and did not accept bribes, but he judged all the people of the land in uprightness.

9 And the land of Mitsrayim was at peace before Pharaoh because of Yosĕph, for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was with him, and gave him favour and kindness for all his generations before all those who knew him and those who heard concerning him. And Pharaoh’s reign was well ordered, and there was no adversary and no evil one.

10 And the sovereign called Yosĕph’s name Tsaphnath Pa’nĕaḥ, and gave Yosĕph as wife the daughter of Potiphar, the daughter of the priest of On, the captain of the guard.

11 And on the day that Yosĕph stood before Pharaoh he was thirty years old.

12 And in that year Yitsḥaq died. And it came to be as Yosĕph had said in the interpretation of his two dreams – accordingly as he had said it – there were seven years of plenty over all the land of Mitsrayim, and the land of Mitsrayim produced abundantly, one measure to eighteen hundred measures.

13 And Yosĕph gathered food into every city until they were full of grain until they could no longer count and measure it for its multitude.