Genesis 41:2-26

2And lo, from the Nile there came up seven cows, sleek and 1fat; and they grazed in the 2marsh grass. 3Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and 3gaunt, and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile. 4The ugly and 4gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke. 5He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good. 6Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them. 7The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. 8Now in the morning 5his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the 67magicians of Egypt, and all its 8wise men. And Pharaoh told them his 9dreams, but 10there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

9Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I would make mention today of 11my own 12offenses. 10Pharaoh was 13furious with his servants, and 14he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, both me and the chief baker. 1115We had a dream 16on the same night, 17he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. 12Now a Hebrew youth was with us there, a 18servant of the captain of the bodyguard, and we related them to him, and 19he interpreted our dreams for us. To each one he interpreted according to his own dream. 13And just 20as he interpreted for us, so it happened; he restored me in my 21office, but he hanged him.”

14Then Pharaoh sent and 22called for Joseph, and they 23hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh. 15Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, 24but no one can interpret it; and 25I have heard 26it said about you, that 27when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” 16Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, “2829It is not in me; 30God will 31give Pharaoh a favorable answer.” 17So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile; 18and behold, seven cows, 32fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass. 19Lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and 33gaunt, such as I had never seen for 34ugliness in all the land of Egypt; 20and the lean and 35ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows. 21Yet when they had 36devoured them, it could not be 37detected that they had 38devoured them, 39for they were just as ugly as 40before. Then I awoke. 22I saw also in my dream, and behold, seven ears, full and good, came up on a single stalk; 23and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them; 24and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. Then 41I told it to the 42magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”

25Now Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s 43dreams are one and the same; 44God has told to Pharaoh what He is about to do. 26The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the 45dreams are one and the same.