American Standard Version

Genesis 41:16-22 American Standard Version (ASV)

16. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

17. And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:

18. and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:

19. and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

20. and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

21. and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

22. And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good: