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.
12. In that place, there was a Hebrew, a servant of the same commander of the military, to whom we explained our dreams.
13. Whatever we heard was proven afterwards by the event of the matter. For I was restored to my office, and he was suspended on a cross."
14. Immediately, by the king's authority, Joseph was led out of prison, and they shaved him. And changing his apparel, they presented him to him.
15. And he said to him, "I have seen dreams, and there is no one who can unfold them. I have heard that you are very wise at interpreting these."
16. Joseph responded, "Apart from me, God will respond favorably to Pharaoh."
17. Therefore, Pharaoh explained what he had seen: "I thought myself to be standing on the bank of a river,
18. and seven cows climbed up from the river, exceedingly beautiful and full of flesh. And they grazed in a pasture of a marshy greenery.
19. And behold, there followed after these, another seven cows, with such deformity and emaciation as I had never seen in the land of Egypt.
20. These devoured and consumed the first,