Genesis 41:7-25
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Chapter 41
7And the thin ears swallowed up the seven plump, full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. 8So 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 none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
9Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "I remember my offenses today.
10When Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard,
11we dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own interpretation.
12A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. When we told him, he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each man according to his dream.
13And as he interpreted to us, so it came about. I was restored to my office, and the baker was hanged."
14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.
15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."
16Joseph answered Pharaoh, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."
17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, in my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile.
18Seven cows, plump and attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass.
19Seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.
20And the thin, ugly cows ate up the first seven plump cows,
21but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke.
22I also saw in my dream seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good.
23Seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them,
24and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."
