Genesis 41:1-7 ▼

1 Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile.

2 And lo, there came up out of the Nile seven [healthy] cows, sleek and handsome and fat; and they grazed in the reed grass [in a marshy pasture].

3 Then behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the Nile, ugly and gaunt and raw-boned, and stood by the fat cows on the bank of the Nile.

4 Then the ugly and gaunt and raw-boned cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.

5 Then he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.

6 Then behold, seven ears [of grain], thin and dried up by the east wind, sprouted after them.

7 Then the thin ears swallowed the seven plump and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and it was a dream.