Genesis 41:14-24

14Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and immediately he was brought from the prison. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came in front of Pharaoh.

15Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can tell me what it means. I heard that when you are told a dream, you can say what it means.”

16Joseph answered Pharaoh, “I can’t, but God can give Pharaoh the answer that he needs.”

17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile.

18Suddenly, seven nice-looking, well-fed cows came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

19Seven other cows came up behind them. These cows were scrawny, very sick, and thin. I’ve never seen such sickly cows in all of Egypt!

20The thin, sickly cows ate up the seven well-fed ones.

21Even though they had eaten them, no one could tell they had eaten them. They looked just as sick as before. Then I woke up.

22“In my second dream I saw seven good, full heads of grain growing on a single stalk.

23Seven other heads of grain, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted behind them.

24The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but no one could tell me what it meant.”