17. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river;
18. and, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat-fleshed and beautiful in appearance; and they fed in a meadow.
19. And, behold, seven other cows came up after them, lean and very ugly in appearance, and thin, such as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
20. And the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows;
21. and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22. And I also saw in my dream, and, behold, seven heads came up in one stalk, full and beautiful;
23. and, behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
24. And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads; and I told this unto the magicians, but there was no one that could declare it to me.
25. Then Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God has showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26. The seven beautiful cows are seven years; and the seven good heads are seven years; the dream is one and the same.
27. Also the seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty heads blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28. This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown unto Pharaoh.
29. Behold, seven years of great plenty are coming throughout all the land of Egypt.
30. And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
31. and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
32. And that the dream came unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.