Genesis 41:1-7 ▼

1 Two years later—to the day—Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River,

2 when all of a sudden seven healthy, plump cows emerged from the Nile to graze in the grass that grew in the reeds that lined the bank.

3 Right after that, seven more cows came up out of the Nile. Ugly and gaunt, they stood next to the other cows on the bank of the Nile River.

4 But all of a sudden they ate up the seven healthy, plump cows! Then Pharaoh woke up.

5 After he had fallen back to sleep, he had a second dream, in which seven ears of plump, fruit-filled grain grew up on a single stalk.

6 Suddenly seven thin ears of grain that had been scorched by an east wind sprouted up right after them

7 and ate up the seven plump, fruit-filled ears. Then Pharaoh woke up a second time, and it had been a very vivid dream!