The New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Bible in One
Year - Day 27
Genesis The Dreams of Two Prisoners
40: Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and
his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh was angry with his
two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3 and he put them in
custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph
was confined. 4 The captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he
waited on them; and they continued for some time in custody. 5 One night they
both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were
confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own meaning.
6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. 7 So
he asked Pharaoh’s officers, who were with him in custody in his master’s
house, “Why are your faces downcast today?” 8 They said to him, “We have had
dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do
not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.”
9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to
him, “In my dream there was a vine before me, 10 and on the vine there were
three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and the clusters
ripened into grapes. 11 Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and
pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.” 12 Then
Joseph said to him, “This is its interpretation: the three branches are three
days; 13 within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to
your office; and you shall place Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to
do when you were his cupbearer. 14 But remember me when it is well with you;
please do me the kindness to make mention of me to Pharaoh, and so get me out
of this place. 15 For in fact I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews; and
here also I have done nothing that they should have put me into the dungeon.”
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was
favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake
baskets on my head, 17 and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of
baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my
head.” 18 And Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets
are three days; 19 within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from
you!—and hang you on a pole; and the birds will eat the flesh from you.”
20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a
feast for all his servants, and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and
the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21 He restored the chief
cupbearer to his cupbearing, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand; 22 but
the chief baker he hanged, just as Joseph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet the
chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dream
41: After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing
by the Nile, 2 and there came up out of the Nile seven sleek and fat cows, and
they grazed in the reed grass. 3 Then seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up
out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the
Nile. 4 The ugly and thin cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. And Pharaoh
awoke. 5 Then he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; seven ears of grain,
plump and good, were growing on one stalk. 6 Then seven ears, thin and blighted
by the east wind, sprouted after them. 7 The thin ears swallowed up the seven
plump and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and it was a dream. 8 In the morning his
spirit was troubled; so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and
all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could
interpret them to Pharaoh.
9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “I remember my
faults today. 10 Once Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me and the
chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard. 11 We dreamed
on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own meaning. 12 A
young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. When we
told him, he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each
according to his dream. 13 As he interpreted to us, so it turned out; I was
restored to my office, and the baker was hanged.”
14 Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was hurriedly brought
out of the dungeon. When he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came
in before Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and
there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you that when you
hear a dream you can interpret it.” 16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not I;
God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.” 17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In
my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile; 18 and seven cows, fat and
sleek, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass. 19 Then seven other
cows came up after them, poor, very ugly, and thin. Never had I seen such ugly
ones in all the land of Egypt. 20 The thin and ugly cows ate up the first seven
fat cows, 21 but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had
done so, for they were still as ugly as before. Then I awoke. 22 I fell asleep
a second time[a] and I saw in my dream seven ears of grain, full and good,
growing on one stalk, 23 and seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the
east wind, sprouting after them; 24 and the thin ears swallowed up the seven
good ears. But when I told it to the magicians, there was no one who could
explain it to me.”
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s dreams are one and
the same; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good
cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are
one. 27 The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years,
as are the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind. They are seven years of
famine. 28 It is as I told Pharaoh; God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about
to do. 29 There will come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land
of Egypt. 30 After them there will arise seven years of famine, and all the
plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; the famine will consume the
land. 31 The plenty will no longer be known in the land because of the famine
that will follow, for it will be very grievous. 32 And the doubling of
Pharaoh’s dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly
bring it about. 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh select a man who is discerning and
wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint
overseers over the land, and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt
during the seven plenteous years. 35 Let them gather all the food of these good
years that are coming, and lay up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food
in the cities, and let them keep it. 36 That food shall be a reserve for the
land against the seven years of famine that are to befall the land of Egypt, so
that the land may not perish through the famine.”
Joseph’s Rise to Power
37 The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants. 38 Pharaoh
said to his servants, “Can we find anyone else like this—one in whom is the
spirit of God?” 39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all
this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. 40 You shall be over my
house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command; only with
regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” 41 And Pharaoh said to
Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” 42 Removing his
signet ring from his hand, Pharaoh put it on Joseph’s hand; he arrayed him in
garments of fine linen, and put a gold chain around his neck. 43 He had him
ride in the chariot of his second-in-command; and they cried out in front of
him, “Bow the knee!”[b] Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt. 44 Moreover
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no one shall
lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” 45 Pharaoh gave Joseph the name
Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On,
as his wife. Thus Joseph gained authority over the land of Egypt.
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of
Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and
went through all the land of Egypt. 47 During the seven plenteous years the
earth produced abundantly. 48 He gathered up all the food of the seven years
when there was plenty[c] in the land of Egypt, and stored up food in the
cities; he stored up in every city the food from the fields around it. 49 So
Joseph stored up grain in such abundance—like the sand of the sea—that he
stopped measuring it; it was beyond measure.
50 Before the years of famine came, Joseph had two sons, whom
Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. 51 Joseph named the
firstborn Manasseh,[d] “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship
and all my father’s house.” 52 The second he named Ephraim,[e] “For God has
made me fruitful in the land of my misfortunes.”
53 The seven years of plenty that prevailed in the land of Egypt
came to an end; 54 and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph
had said. There was famine in every country, but throughout the land of Egypt
there was bread. 55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried
to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; what he
says to you, do.” 56 And since the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph
opened all the storehouses,[f] and sold to the Egyptians, for the famine was
severe in the land of Egypt. 57 Moreover, all the world came to Joseph in Egypt
to buy grain, because the famine became severe throughout the world.
Footnotes:
a. Genesis 41:22 Gk Syr Vg: Heb lacks I fell asleep a second
time
b. Genesis 41:43 Abrek, apparently an Egyptian word similar in
sound to the Hebrew word meaning to kneel
c. Genesis 41:48 Sam Gk: MT the seven years that were
d. Genesis 41:51 That is Making to forget
e. Genesis 41:52 From a Hebrew word meaning to be fruitful
f. Genesis 41:56 Gk Vg Compare Syr: Heb opened all that was in
(or, among) them
Psalm 26: Plea for Justice and Declaration of Righteousness
Of David.
1 Vindicate me, O Lord,
for I have walked in
my integrity,
and I have trusted in
the Lord without wavering.
2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
test my heart and
mind.
3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes,
and I walk in
faithfulness to you.[a]
4 I do not sit with the worthless,
nor do I consort with
hypocrites;
5 I hate the company of evildoers,
and will not sit with
the wicked.
6 I wash my hands in innocence,
and go around your
altar, O Lord,
7 singing aloud a song of thanksgiving,
and telling all your
wondrous deeds.
8 O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell,
and the place where
your glory abides.
9 Do not sweep me away with sinners,
nor my life with the
bloodthirsty,
10 those in whose hands are evil devices,
and whose right hands
are full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I walk in my integrity;
redeem me, and be
gracious to me.
12 My foot stands on level ground;
in the great
congregation I will bless the Lord.
Footnotes:
a. Psalm 26:3 Or in your faithfulness
Matthew 14: Jesus Walks on
the Water
22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on
ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had
dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening
came, he was there alone, 24 but by this time the boat, battered by the waves,
was far from the land,[a] for the wind was against them. 25 And early in the
morning he came walking toward them on the sea. 26 But when the disciples saw
him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they
cried out in fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, “Take heart,
it is I; do not be afraid.”
28 Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come
to you on the water.” 29 He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat, started
walking on the water, and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he noticed the strong
wind,[b] he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save
me!” 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him,
“You of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 When they got into the boat, the
wind ceased. 33 And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the
Son of God.”
Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret
34 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
35 After the people of that place recognized him, they sent word throughout the
region and brought all who were sick to him, 36 and begged him that they might
touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.
Footnotes:
a. Matthew 14:24 Other ancient authorities read was out on the
sea
b. Matthew 14:30 Other ancient authorities read the wind
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