6. Then seven thin ears, scorched by the east wind, sprang up after them.
7. The seven thin ears devoured the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
8. In the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9. Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “Today I remember my offenses.
10. Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me in confinement in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker.
11. And we had a dream in the same night, he and I. We, each of us, dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.
12. A young Hebrew man was with us there, a servant to the captain of the guard. We told him and he interpreted our dreams for us. To each man he interpreted according to his own dream.
13. It happened just as he interpreted. He restored me to my position, and the baker was hanged.”
14. So Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came to Pharaoh.
15. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream to interpret it.”
16. Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me. God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”
17. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream, I stood on the bank of the Nile.
18. And suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fattened and fine-looking, and they grazed in the reeds.