23. Then seven other heads of grain came up. They were thin and scorched by a wind from the desert.
24. These heads of grain swallowed the full ones. I told my dreams to the magicians, but none of them could tell me the meaning of the dreams.
25. Joseph replied:Your Majesty, both of your dreams mean the same thing, and in them God has shown what he is going to do.
26. The seven good cows stand for seven years, and so do the seven good heads of grain.
27. The seven skinny, ugly cows that came up later also stand for seven years, as do the seven bad heads of grain that were scorched by the east wind. The dreams mean there will be seven years when there won't be enough grain.
28. It is just as I said—God has shown what he intends to do.