New American Standard Bible

Genesis 41:14-22 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

14. Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh.

15. Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."

16. Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."

17. So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile;

18. and behold, seven cows, fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass.

19. Lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land of Egypt;

20. and the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.

21. Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had devoured them, for they were just as ugly as before. Then I awoke.

22. I saw also in my dream, and behold, seven ears, full and good, came up on a single stalk;