13. and everything happened just as he said it would. I got my job back, and the cook was put to death.
14. The king sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of jail. He shaved, changed his clothes, and went to the king.
15. The king said to him, “I had a dream, yet no one can explain what it means. I am told that you can interpret dreams.”
16. “Your Majesty,” Joseph answered, “I can't do it myself, but God can give a good meaning to your dreams.”
17. The king told Joseph:I dreamed I was standing on the bank of the River Nile.
18. I saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river, and they began feeding on the grass.
19. Next, seven skinny, bony cows came up out of the river. I have never seen such terrible looking cows anywhere in Egypt.
20. The skinny cows ate the fat ones.
21. But you couldn't tell it, because these skinny cows were just as skinny as they were before. Straight away, I woke up.
22. I also dreamed that I saw seven heads of grain growing on one stalk. The heads were full and ripe.
23. Then seven other heads of grain came up. They were thin and scorched by a wind from the desert.
24. These heads of grain swallowed the full ones. I told my dreams to the magicians, but none of them could tell me the meaning of the dreams.
25. Joseph replied:Your Majesty, both of your dreams mean the same thing, and in them God has shown what he is going to do.
26. The seven good cows stand for seven years, and so do the seven good heads of grain.
27. The seven skinny, ugly cows that came up later also stand for seven years, as do the seven bad heads of grain that were scorched by the east wind. The dreams mean there will be seven years when there won't be enough grain.
28. It is just as I said—God has shown what he intends to do.