19. And behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very ill-formed, and lean-fleshed--such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.
20. And the lean and bad kine ate up the seven first fat kine;
21. and they came into their belly, and it could not be known that they had come into their belly; and their look was bad, as at the beginning. And I awoke.
22. And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good.
23. And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them;
24. and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.
25. And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God will do he has made known to Pharaoh.
26. The seven fine kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27. And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears, parched with the east wind, will be seven years of famine.
28. This is the word which I have spoken to Pharaoh: what God is about to do he has let Pharaoh see.
29. Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout the land of Egypt.
30. And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will waste away the land.
31. And the plenty will not be known afterwards in the land by reason of that famine; for it will be very grievous.
32. And as regards the double repetition of the dream to Pharaoh, it is that the thing is established by God and God will hasten to do it.
33. And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34. Let Pharaoh do this: let him appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty,
35. and let them gather all the food of these coming good years, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, for food in the cities, and keep it.
36. And let the food be as store for the land for the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.
37. And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his bondmen.