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Then after them came seven other cows, very thin and poor-looking, worse than any I ever saw in the land of Egypt;

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And even with the fat cows inside them they seemed as bad as before. And so I came out of my sleep.

בַּתְּחִלָּ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “at the”

And again in a dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stem:

בַּחֲלֹמִ֑י (בַּ) ba. “in”בְּקָנֶ֥ה (בְּ) be. “on”

Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[will be] in”

And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.

בְּשֶׁ֖בַע (בְּ) be. “in”

And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.

בֶּעָרִ֖ים (בֶּ) be. “in the”

And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בָּרָעָֽב׃ (בָּ) ba. “by the”

And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְעֵינֵ֖י (בְ) ve. “in”

Then Pharaoh said to his servants, Where may we get such a man as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God?

בּֽוֹ׃ (בּֽ) b “[is] in <the>”

And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

בְּמִרְכֶּ֤בֶת (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

בְּעָמְד֕וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.

בְּשֶׁ֖בַע (בְּ) be. “in”

And Joseph got together all the food of those seven years, and made a store of food in the towns: the produce of the fields round every town was stored up in the town.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בֶּעָרִ֑ים (בֶּ) be. “in the”בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.

בְּטֶ֥רֶם (בְּ) be. “<in>”

And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”

And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

בָּהֶם֙ (בָּ) ba. “[was] in <the>”בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם (בְּ) be. “in”

And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם (בְּ) be. “in”

And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”