18. and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass;
19. and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
20. The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle;
21. and when they had eaten them up, it couldn’t be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22. I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good;
23. and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
24. The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
25. Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
26. The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.
27. The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
28. That is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
29. Behold, seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt are coming.
30. Seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,
31. and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.
32. The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33. “Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.