New International Reader's Version

Genesis 41:20-26 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

20. "The thin, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first.

21. But even after the thin cows ate up the fat ones, no one could tell that they had eaten them. They looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.

22. "In my dreams I also saw seven heads of grain. They were full and good. They were all growing on one stem.

23. "After them, seven other heads of grain came up. They were weak and thin and dried up by the east wind.

24. "The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told my dreams to the magicians. But none of them could explain them to me."

25. Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Both of Pharaoh's dreams have the same meaning. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

26. The seven good cows are seven years. And the seven good heads of grain are seven years. Both dreams mean the same thing.