21. And when they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as before. Then I awoke.
22. “I also saw in my dreams seven ears of grain, full and good, suddenly come up on one stalk.
23. Then seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprang up after them.
24. And the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. So I told this to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
25. Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
26. The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years. The dreams are one.
27. The seven gaunt and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.
28. “It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
29. Seven years of great abundance will come throughout all the land of Egypt.
30. However, there will arise after them seven years of famine. All the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will consume the land.
31. The abundance will be unknown in the land because of the famine following, for it will be very severe.
32. The reason the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice is because the matter is established by God, and God will soon bring it to pass.
33. “Now, therefore, let Pharaoh seek out a man who is discerning and wise and set him over the land of Egypt.
34. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officials over the land and collect the fifth part of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven abundant years.
35. Let them gather all the food from those good years that come and lay up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.