1. At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,
2. seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.
3. Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river.
4. The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
5. Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.
6. Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.
7. The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.
8. In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
9. Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
10. Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards – me and the chief baker.
11. We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.