19. Behind them came seven other cows, scrawny, most ill-formed and gaunt. Never have I seen such bad specimens as these in all the land of Egypt!
20. The gaunt, bad cows devoured the first seven fat cows.
21. But when they had consumed them, no one could tell that they had done so, because they looked as bad as before. Then I woke up.
22. In another dream I saw seven ears of grain, full and healthy, growing on a single stalk.
23. Behind them sprouted seven ears of grain, shriveled and thin and scorched by the east wind;
24. and the seven thin ears swallowed up the seven healthy ears. I have spoken to the magicians, but there is no one to explain it to me.”
25. Joseph said to Pharaoh: “Pharaoh’s dreams have the same meaning. God has made known to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26. The seven healthy cows are seven years, and the seven healthy ears are seven years—the same in each dream.
27. The seven thin, bad cows that came up after them are seven years, as are the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind; they are seven years of famine.