41:14 Then Pharaoh summoned 1 Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh. 41:15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, 2 and there is no one who can interpret 3 it. But I have heard about you, that 4 you can interpret dreams.” 5 41:16 Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “It is not within my power, 6 but God will speak concerning 7 the welfare of Pharaoh.” 8
41:17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing 9 by the edge of the Nile. 41:18 Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds. 10 41:19 Then 11 seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows 12 as these in all the land of Egypt! 41:20 The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven 13 fat cows. 41:21 When they had eaten them, 14 no one would have known 15 that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before. Then I woke up. 41:22 I also saw in my dream 16 seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good. 41:23 Then 17 seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them. 41:24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this 18 to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning.” 19
41:25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Both dreams of Pharaoh have the same meaning. 20 God has revealed 21 to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 22 41:26 The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning. 23 41:27 The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent 24 seven years of famine. 41:28 This is just what I told 25 Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. 41:29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt. 41:30 But seven years of famine will occur 26 after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate 27 the land. 41:31 The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered 28 because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe. 29 41:32 The dream was repeated to Pharaoh 30 because the matter has been decreed 31 by God, and God will make it happen soon. 32