19. Just then, seven other cows, weak and frail and thin, climbed up after them. I’ve never seen such awful cows in all the land of Egypt.
20. Then the thin, frail cows devoured the first seven, fattened cows.
21. But after they swallowed them whole, no one would have known it. They looked just as bad as they had before. Then I woke up.
22. I went to sleep again and saw in my dream seven full and healthy ears of grain growing on one stalk.
23. Just then, seven hard and thin ears of grain, scorched by the east wind, sprouted after them,
24. and the thin ears swallowed up the healthy ears. I told the religious experts, but they couldn’t explain it to me."
25. Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh has actually had one dream. God has announced to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26. The seven healthy cows are seven years, and the seven healthy ears of grain are seven years. It’s actually one dream.
27. The seven thin and frail cows, climbing up after them, are seven years. The seven thin ears of grain, scorched by the east wind, are seven years of famine.
28. It’s just as I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
29. Seven years of great abundance are now coming throughout the entire land of Egypt.
30. After them, seven years of famine will appear, and all of the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will devastate the land.
31. No one will remember the abundance in the land because the famine that follows will be so very severe.
32. The dream occurred to Pharaoh twice because God has determined to do it, and God will make it happen soon.
33. "Now Pharaoh should find an intelligent, wise man and give him authority over the land of Egypt.