1. Two years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing near the Nile.
2. In front of him, seven healthy-looking, fattened cows climbed up out of the Nile and grazed on the reeds.
3. Just then, seven other cows, terrible-looking and scrawny, climbed up out of the Nile after them and stood beside them on the bank of the Nile.
4. The terrible-looking, scrawny cows devoured the seven healthy-looking, fattened cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
5. He went back to sleep and had a second dream, in which seven ears of grain, full and healthy, grew on a single stalk.
6. Just then, seven ears of grain, scrawny and scorched by the east wind, sprouted after them,
7. and the scrawny ears swallowed up the full and well-formed ears. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.
8. In the morning, he was disturbed and summoned all of Egypt’s religious experts and all of its advisors. Pharaoh described his dreams to them, but they couldn’t interpret them for Pharaoh.
9. Then the chief wine steward spoke to Pharaoh: "Today I’ve just remembered my mistake.