27. And the seven thin, sick-looking cows and the seven thin heads of grain mean that there will be seven years of hunger in this area. These seven bad years will come after the seven good years.
28. God has shown you what will happen soon. He will make these things happen just as I told you.
29. For seven years there will be plenty of food in Egypt.
30. But then there will be seven years of hunger. The people will forget how much food there had been in Egypt before. This famine will ruin the country.
31. It will be so bad that people will forget what it was like to have plenty of food.
32. “Pharaoh, you had two dreams about the same thing. That means God wanted to show you that he really will make this happen, and he will make it happen soon!
33. So, Pharaoh, you should choose a wise, intelligent man and put him in charge of Egypt.