Genesis 41:1-8 ▼

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!

8 The very next morning, he was frustrated about the dream, so he sent word to summon all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them what he had dreamed, but no one could interpret them.