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1 And after two yeres Pharao dreamed, and beholde, he thought that he stoode by a ryuers syde.

2 And there came out of the ryuer seuen goodly kyne, and fat fleshed, and fedde in a medowe.

3 And seuen other kyne came vp after them out of the ryuer, euyll fauoured, and leane fleshed, & stoode by the other kyne vpon the brynke of the ryuer.

4 And the euyll fauoured & leane fleshed kyne dyd eate vp the seuen well fauoured and fat kyne: and Pharao awoke.

5 And he slept agayne, and dreamed the seconde tyme: and beholde, seuen eares of corne grewe vppon one stalke, ranke and goodly.

6 And agayne, seuen thinne eares, blasted with the east winde sprang vp after them.

7 And the seuen thinne eares deuoured the seuen ranke & full eares. And Pharao awaked, and see it was a dreame.

8 And when the mornyng came, his spirite was troubled, and he sent and called for all the southsayers of Egypt, and all the wyse men thereof: and Pharao tolde them his dreame, but there was none of them that coulde interprete it vnto Pharao.

9 The spake the chiefe butler vnto Pharao, saying: I do remember my faultes this day:

Genesis 41:1-9, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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