21. Even though they had eaten them, no one could tell they had eaten them. They looked just as sick as before. Then I woke up.
22. “In my second dream I saw seven good, full heads of grain growing on a single stalk.
23. Seven other heads of grain, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted behind them.
24. The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but no one could tell me what it meant.”
25. Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh had the same dream twice. God has told Pharaoh what he’s going to do.
26. The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. It’s all the same dream.
27. The seven thin, sickly cows that came up behind them are seven years. The seven empty heads of grain scorched by the east wind are also seven years. Seven years of famine are coming.