17. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now in my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
18. and behold, seven cows, well built and fat, were coming up from the Nile, and they grazed among the reeds.
19. And behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, very ugly and gaunt—never have I seen any as them in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
20. And the thin and ugly cows ate the former seven healthy cows.
21. But when they went into their bellies it could not be known that they went into their bellies, for their appearance was as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke.
22. Then I saw in my dream and behold, seven ears of grain were coming out of one stalk, full and good.
23. And behold, seven withered ears of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.
24. And the thin ears of grain swallowed up the seven good ears of grain. And I told the magicians, but there was none to explain it to me.”
25. Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26. The seven good cows, they are seven years, and the seven good ears of grain, they are seven years. The dreams are one.
27. And the seven thin and ugly cows coming up after them, they are seven years, and the seven empty ears of grain, scorched by the east wind, they are also seven years of famine.
28. This is the word that I have spoken to Pharaoh; God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
29. Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.
30. Then seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will consume the land.