Genesis 41:14-24

14So Pharaoh called Joseph to come to him. They quickly brought Joseph from the prison. Joseph washed himself and he cut his beard from his face. He put on clean clothes. Then he went and he stood in front of Pharaoh.

15Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I had a dream, and no one can tell me what it means. But people have told me about you. They say that you can tell the meaning of dreams.’

16Joseph replied to Pharaoh, ‘I cannot do this. But God will give you an answer that will make you happy.’

17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘In my dream, I stood at the side of the River Nile.

18I saw seven cows that came up out of the river. They were fat, and good to look at. They were eating the grass at the side of the river.

19After them, seven more cows came up out of the river. They were thin and they were not good to look at. I have never seen cows as bad as these in Egypt before.

20The thin cows ate the seven fat cows that came out of the river first.

21When they had eaten them, you would not have known it! They still seemed to be as thin as they were before they ate the fat cows. Then I woke up.

22In another dream, I also saw seven groups of grain that grew on one branch. The grains were fat and good.

23After those, seven other groups of grain grew. Those grains were thin because the hot east wind had burned them.

24The thin grains ate the seven groups of fat grains. I told those dreams to my wise men and magicians. But none of them could tell me the meaning of my dreams.’