1. After two years, Pharaoh saw a dream. He thought himself to be standing above a river,
2. from which ascended seven cows, exceedingly beautiful and stout. And they pastured in marshy places.
3. Likewise, another seven emerged from the river, filthy and thoroughly emaciated. And they pastured on the same bank of the river, in green places.
4. And they devoured those whose appearance and condition of body was so wonderful. Pharaoh, having been awakened,
5. slept again, and he saw another dream. Seven ears of grain sprung up on one stalk, full and well-formed.
6. Likewise, other ears of grain, of the same number, rose up, thin and struck with blight,
7. devouring all the beauty of the first. Pharaoh, when he awakened after his rest,
8. and when morning arrived, being terrified with fear, sent to all the interpreters of Egypt and to all of the wise men. And when they were summoned, he explained to them his dream; but there was no one who could interpret it.
9. Then at last the chief cupbearer, remembering, said, "I confess my sin.
10. The king, being angry with his servants, ordered me and the chief miller of grain to be forced into the prison of the leader of the military.
11. There, in one night, both of us saw a dream presaging the future.