Genesis 41:2-18

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.

13It happened just as he had said to us – Pharaoh restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker.”

14Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.

15Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard about you, that you can interpret dreams.”

16Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “It is not within my power, but God will speak concerning the welfare of Pharaoh.”

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

18Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.