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Then they took the robe of Joseph and slaughtered a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood.

Then they sent the robe with long sleeves and they brought it to their father and said, "We found this; please examine it. Is it the robe of your son or not?"

So he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is that cult prostitute that was at Eynayim by the roadside?" And they said, "There is no cult prostitute here."

And the chief of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he attended them. And they were in custody many days.

When Joseph came to them in the morning he looked at them, and behold, they were troubled.

And they said to him, "We each dreamed a dream, but there is no one to interpret it." And Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me."

For I was surely kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me in this pit."

Then Joseph answered and said, "This is its interpretation: The three baskets, they are three days.

And behold, seven cows, well built and fat, were coming up from the Nile, and they grazed among the reeds.

And behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and gaunt, and they stood beside those cows on the bank of the Nile.

And it happened that in the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called all of the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh told his dream to them. But they had no interpretation for Pharaoh.

Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they brought him quickly from the prison. And he shaved and changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.

and behold, seven cows, well built and fat, were coming up from the Nile, and they grazed among the reeds.

The seven good cows, they are seven years, and the seven good ears of grain, they are seven years. The dreams are one.

And the seven thin and ugly cows coming up after them, they are seven years, and the seven empty ears of grain, scorched by the east wind, they are also seven years of famine.

And he had him ride in his second chariot. And they cried out before him, "Kneel!" And Pharaoh set him over all the land of Egypt.

And Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them. And he spoke with them harshly and said to them, "From where have you come?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

And they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

Then they said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, but behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more."