10. You were angry with the baker and me, and you put us in prison.
11. Then one night he and I had a dream. Each dream had a different meaning.
12. There was a young Hebrew man in prison with us. He was a servant of the commander of the guards. We told him our dreams, and he explained them to us. He told us the meaning of each dream,
13. and what he said came true. He said I would be free and have my old job back, and it happened. He also said the baker would die, and it happened!”
14. So Pharaoh called Joseph from the prison. The guards quickly got Joseph out of prison. Joseph shaved, put on some clean clothes, and went to see Pharaoh.
15. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can explain it for me. I heard that you can explain dreams when someone tells you about them.”
16. Joseph answered, “I cannot! But God can explain the dream for you, Pharaoh.”
17. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing by the Nile River.
18. Seven cows came up out of the river and stood there eating the grass. They were healthy, good-looking cows.
19. Then I saw seven more cows come up out of the river after them, but these cows were thin and looked sick. They were the worst cows I had ever seen anywhere in Egypt!
20. The thin, sick cows ate the first healthy cows,
21. but they still looked thin and sick. You couldn’t even tell they had eaten the healthy cows. They looked as thin and sick as they did in the beginning. Then I woke up.
22. “In my next dream I saw seven heads of grain growing on one plant. They were healthy and full of grain.
23. And then seven more heads of grain grew after them, but they were thin and scorched by the hot wind.
24. Then the thin heads of grain ate the seven good heads of grain. “I told these dreams to my magicians. But no one could explain the dreams to me. What do they mean?”
25. Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Both of these dreams have the same meaning. God is telling you what will happen soon.