3. Then seven other cows came up; they were thin and bony. They came and stood by the other cows on the river bank,
4. and the thin cows ate up the fat cows. Then the king woke up.
5. He fell asleep again and had another dream. Seven ears of corn, full and ripe, were growing on one stalk.
6. Then seven other ears of corn sprouted, thin and scorched by the desert wind,
7. and the thin ears of corn swallowed the full ones. The king woke up and realized that he had been dreaming.
8. In the morning he was worried, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. He told them his dreams, but no one could explain them to him.
9. Then the wine steward said to the king, “I must confess today that I have done wrong.
10. You were angry with the chief baker and me, and you put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard.
11. One night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.