And I sawe agayne in my dreame .vij. eares sprynge out of one stalk full and good/ and .vij. other eares wytherd/ thinne and blasted with wynde/ sprynge vp after them. And the thynne eares deuowred the .vij. good eares. And I haue tolde it vnto the sothsayers/ but no man can tell me what it meaneth.
Then Ioseph sayde vnto Pharao: both Pharaos dreames are one. And god doth shewe Pharao what he is aboute to do. The vij. good kyne are .vij yeres: & the .vij. good eares are .vij. yere also/ and is but one dreame. Lykewyse/ the .vij. thynne and euell fauored kyne that came out after them/ are .vij. yeares: and the .vij. emptie and blasted eares shalbe vij. yeares of hunger. This is that which I sayde vnto Pharao/ that God doth shewe Pharao what he is aboute to doo.
Beholde there shall come .vij. yere of great plenteousnes through out all the lande of Egypte. And there shall aryse after them vij. yeres of hunger. So that all the plenteousnes shalbe forgeten in the lande of Egipte. And the hunger shall consume the lande: so that the plenteousnes shall not be once agene in the land by reason of that hunger that shall come after/ for it shalbe exceading great And as concernynge that the dreame was dubled vnto Pharao the second tyme/ it betokeneth that the thynge is certanly prepared of God/ ãd that God will shortly brynge it to passe.
Now therfore let Pharao provyde for a man of vnderstondynge and wysdome/ and sett him over the lande of Egipte. And let Pharao make officers ouer the lande/ and take vp the fyfte parte of the land of Egipte in the vij. plenteous yeres and let them gather all the foode of these good yeres that come/ ãd lay vp corne vnder the power of Pharo: that there may be foode in the cities/ and there let them kepte it: that there may be foode in stoore in the lande/ agaynst the .vij. yeres of hunger which shall come in the lande of Egipte/ and that the lande perishe not thorow hunger.
And the saynge pleased Pharao ãd all his seruauntes. Than sayde Pharao vnto his seruavauntes: where shall we fynde soch a mã as this is/ that hath the sprete of God in him? wherfore Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: for as moch as God hath shewed the all this/ there is no man of vnderstondyng nor of wysdome lyke vnto the Thou therfore shalt be ouer my house/ and acordinge to thy worde shall all my people obey: only in the kynges seate will I be aboue the. And he sayde vnto Ioseph: beholde/ I haue sett the ouer all the lande of Egipte. And he toke off his rynge from his fyngre/ and put it vpon Iosephs fingre/ and arayed him in raymẽt of bisse/ and put a golden cheyne aboute his necke and set him vpon the best charett that he had saue one. And they cryed before him Abrech/ ãd that Pharao had made him ruelar ouer all the lande of Egipte.
And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: I am Pharao/ without thi will/ shall no man lifte vp ether his hande or fote in all the lande of Egipte. And he called Iosephs name Zaphnath Paenea. And he gaue him to wyfe Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On. Than went Ioseph abrode in the lãde of Egipte. And he was .xxx. yere olde whẽ he stode before Pharao kynge of Egipte. And than Ioseph departed from Pharao/ and went thorow out all the lande of Egipte.
And in the .vij. plẽteous yeres they made sheves and gathered vp all the fode of the .vij. plenteous yeres which were in the lande of Egipte and put it in to the cities. And he put the food of the feldes that grewe rounde aboute euery cyte: euen in the same. And Ioseph layde vp corne in stoore/ lyke vnto the sande of the see in multitude out of mesure/ vntyll he left nombrynge: For it was with out nombre.
And vnto Ioseph were borne .ij. sonnes before the yeres of hunger came/ which Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On/ bare vnto him. And he called the name of the first sonne Manasse/ for God (sayde he) hath made me forgett all my laboure & all my fathers husholde. The seconde called he Ephraim/ for God (sayde he) hath caused me to growe in the lande of my trouble.
And when the .vij. yeres of plenteousnes that was in the lande of Egypte were ended/ than came the .vij. yeres of derth/ acordynge as Ioseph had sayde. And the derth was in all landes: but in the lãde of Egipte was there yet foode. When now all the lande of Egipte began to hunger/ than cried the people to Pharao for bread. And Pharao sayde vnto all Egipte: goo vnto Ioseph/ and what he sayth to you that doo And when the derth was thorow out all the lande/ Ioseph opened all that was in the cities and solde vnto the Egiptiãs And hunger waxed sore in the land of Egipte. And all countrees came to Egipte to Ioseph for to bye corne: because that the hunger was so sore in all landes.