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;
23. and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them;
24. and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. Then I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."