16. Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “It is not within my power, but God will speak concerning the welfare of Pharaoh.”
17. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing by the edge of the Nile.
18. Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.
19. Then seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows as these in all the land of Egypt!
20. The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows.