Genesis 41:26

41:26 The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning. ¹ 

Genesis 41:46

41:46 Now Joseph was 30 years old ²  when he began serving ³  Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by ⁴  Pharaoh and was in charge of ⁵  all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:49

41:49 Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, ⁶  until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

¹ tn Heb “one dream it is.”

² tn Heb “a son of thirty years.”

³ tn Heb “when he stood before.”

⁴ tn Heb “went out from before.”

⁵ tn Heb “and he passed through all the land of Egypt”; this phrase is interpreted by JPS to mean that Joseph “emerged in charge of the whole land.”

⁶ tn Heb “and Joseph gathered grain like the sand of the sea, multiplying much.” To emphasize the vast amount of grain he stored up, the Hebrew text modifies the verb “gathered” with an infinitive absolute and an adverb.