6. And behold, after them seven ears [of grain] sprouted, thin and blighted by the east wind.
7. And the seven thin ears [of grain] devoured the seven plump and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
8. So when morning came his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians and all the wise men of Egypt. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but not one could interpret them to [him].
9. Then the chief butler said to Pharaoh, I remember my faults today.
10. When Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me in custody in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker,
11. We dreamed a dream in the same night, he and I; we dreamed each of us according to [the significance of] the interpretation of his dream.
12. And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard and chief executioner; and we told him our dreams, and he interpreted them to us, to each man according to the significance of his dream.
13. And as he interpreted to us, so it came to pass; I was restored to my office [as chief butler], and the baker was hanged.
14. Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. But Joseph [first] shaved himself, changed his clothes, and made himself presentable; then he came into Pharaoh's presence.
15. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it; and I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream and interpret it.
16. Joseph answered Pharaoh, It is not in me; God [not I] will give Pharaoh a [favorable] answer of peace.
17. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river [Nile];
18. And behold, there came up out of the river [Nile] seven fat, sleek, and handsome cows, and they grazed in the reed grass [of a marshy pasture].
19. And behold, seven other cows came up after them, undernourished, gaunt, and ugly [just skin and bones; such emaciated animals] as I have never seen in all of Egypt.
20. And the lean and ill favored cows ate up the seven fat cows that had come first.
21. And when they had eaten them up, it could not be detected and known that they had eaten them, for they were still as thin and emaciated as at the beginning. Then I awoke. [But again I fell asleep and dreamed.]
22. And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears [of grain] growing on one stalk, plump and good.
23. And behold, seven [other] ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them.