Now it happenedat the endof two fullyearsthat Pharaohhada dream,and behold,he was standingby the Nile.
But Godcameto Abimelechin a dreamof the night,and saidto him, "Behold,you are a deadman becauseof the womanwhomyou have taken,for she is married."
He hada dream,and behold,a ladderwas seton the earthwith its topreachingto heaven;and behold,the angelsof Godwere ascendingand descendingon it.
Labansaidto him, "Surelyyou are my boneand my flesh."And he stayedwith him a month.
So he fledwith allthat he had; and he aroseand crossedthe [Euphrates] River,and sethis facetoward the hillcountryof Gilead.
Yet the chiefcupbearerdid not rememberJoseph,but forgothim.
Then the cupbearerand the bakerfor the kingof Egypt,whowere confinedin jail,bothhada dreamthe samenight,eachmanwith his [own] dream[and] eachdreamwith its [own] interpretation.
And lo,from the Nilethere cameup sevencows,sleekand fat;and they grazedin the marshgrass.
During that nightthe kingcouldnot sleepso he gavean orderto bringthe bookof records,the chronicles,and they were readbeforethe king.
Then Pharaohcommandedallhis people,saying,"Everysonwho is bornyou are to castinto the Nile,and everydaughteryou are to keepalive."
"But ifthey will not believeeventhesetwosignsor heedwhatyou say,then you shall takesomewaterfrom the Nileand pourit on the dryground;and the waterwhichyou takefrom the Nilewill becomebloodon the dryground."
The watersfrom the seawill dryup, And the riverwill be parchedand dry.
"Speakand say,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Behold,I am againstyou, Pharaohkingof Egypt,The greatmonsterthat liesin the midstof his rivers,That has said,'My Nileis mine, and I myselfhave made[it].'
"The landof Egyptwill becomea desolationand waste.Then they will knowthat I am the LORD.Becauseyou said,'The Nileis mine, and I have made[it],'
While he was sittingon the judgment seat,his wifesenthim [a message], saying,"Have nothingto do with that righteous Man;for last nightI sufferedgreatlyin a dreambecauseof Him."
"For the land,into whichyou are enteringto possessit, is not like the landof Egyptfrom whichyou came,whereyou used to sowyour seedand waterit with your footlike a vegetablegarden.
