TOPICAL BIBLE
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Genesis 41:18when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.Genesis 41:19After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!Genesis 41:20Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.Genesis 41:21When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.Genesis 41:22In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.Genesis 41:23After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.Genesis 41:24And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”Genesis 41:25At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.Genesis 41:26The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.Genesis 41:27Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.Genesis 41:28It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.Genesis 41:29Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,Genesis 41:30but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.Genesis 41:31The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.Genesis 41:32Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.Genesis 41:33Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:34Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.Genesis 41:35Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.Genesis 41:36This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”Genesis 41:37This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.Genesis 41:38So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”Genesis 41:39Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.Genesis 41:40You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”Genesis 41:41Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.Genesis 41:43He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:44And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.”Genesis 41:45Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:46Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:47During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.Genesis 41:48During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.Genesis 41:49So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.Genesis 41:50Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.Genesis 41:51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”Genesis 41:52And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”Genesis 41:53When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,Genesis 41:54the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:55When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”Genesis 41:56When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:57And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.Genesis 43:18But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”Exodus 1:8Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.Exodus 1:9“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.Exodus 1:10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.Exodus 1:12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.Exodus 1:13They worked the Israelites ruthlesslyExodus 1:14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.Exodus 1:15Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,Exodus 1:16“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”Exodus 1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.Exodus 1:18So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”Exodus 1:19The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”Exodus 1:20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.Exodus 1:21And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.Exodus 1:22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”Exodus 2:1Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,Exodus 2:2and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.Exodus 2:3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.Exodus 2:4And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.