English Standard Version

Genesis 41:19-26 English Standard Version (ESV)

19. Seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.

20. And the thin, ugly cows ate up the first seven plump cows,

21. but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke.

22. I also saw in my dream seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good.

23. Seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them,

24. and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”

25. Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

26. The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.