Bible Verses About Egypt

Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and gave the cup to Pharaoh."

Yosef said to him, "Here is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office: you will be giving Pharaoh his cup as you used to when you were his cupbearer.

But remember me when it goes well with you; and show me kindness, please; and mention me to Pharaoh, so that he will release me from this prison.

For the truth is that I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and here too I have done nothing wrong that would justify putting me in this dungeon."

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Yosef, "I too saw in my dream: there were three baskets of white bread on my head.

In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."

Yosef answered, "Here is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days.

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from off of you -he will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you."

At the end of two years, Pharaoh had a dream: he was standing beside the Nile River;

and there came up out of the river seven cows, sleek and fat; and they began feeding in swamp grass.

After them, there came up out of the river seven more cows, miserable-looking and lean; and they stood by the other cows at the edge of the river.

Then Pharaoh summoned Yosef, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came in to Pharaoh.

Pharaoh said to Yosef, "I had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it; but I've heard it said about you that when you hear a dream, you can interpret it."

Yosef answered Pharaoh, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer that will set his mind at peace."

Pharaoh said to Yosef, "In my dream, I stood at the edge of the river;

and there came up out of the river seven cows, fat and sleek; and they began feeding in the swamp grass.

After them, there came up out of the river seven more cows, poor, miserable-looking and lean -I've never seen such bad-looking cows in all the land of Egypt!

Then the lean and miserablelooking cows ate up the first seven fat cows.

But after they had eaten them up, one couldn't tell that they had eaten them; because they were as miserable-looking as before. At this point I woke up.

But I dreamed again and saw seven full, ripe ears of grain growing out of a single stalk.

After them, seven ears, thin and blasted by the east wind, sprang up.

And the thin ears swallowed up the seven ripe ears. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me."

Yosef said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are the same: God has told Pharaoh what he is about to do.

The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears of grain are seven years - the dreams are the same.