Genesis 41:1-12

1At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,

2seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.

3Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river.

4The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

5Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.

6Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

7The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.

8In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

9Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.

10Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards – me and the chief baker.

11We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.

12Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us.