New American Standard Bible

Genesis 41:20-33 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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."

25. Now Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one and the same; God has told to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

26. The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one and the same.

27. The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.

28. It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

29. Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt;

30. and after them seven years of famine will come, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will ravage the land.

31. So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very severe.

32. Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it means that the matter is determined by God, and God will quickly bring it about.

33. Now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.