1. Now at the end of two whole years, Pharaoh was dreaming. Behold, there he was standing by the Nile.
2. Then behold, there were seven cows, good-looking and beefy, and they grazed in the reeds.
3. Then behold, there were seven other cows coming up after them from the Nile, ugly and emaciated, and they stood beside the cows at the edge of the Nile.
4. Then the ugly emaciated cows ate the seven good-looking beefy cows—and Pharaoh woke up.
5. Then he slept and dreamed a second time: behold, there were seven ears of corn coming up on one stalk, plump and good.
6. Then behold, there were seven ears of corn, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouting up after them.
7. Then the seven thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven plump and full ears of corn. Then Pharaoh woke up—it was a dream.
8. But in the morning he was disturbed in his spirit. So he sent and called for the fortune-telling priests of Egypt and all its wise men and Pharaoh told them his dream. But no one could interpret them for Pharaoh.
9. Then the chief of the cupbearers spoke with Pharaoh saying, “I am reminded of my sins today.
10. Pharaoh had been angry with his servants and put me in the custody of the house of the commander of the bodyguards—me and the chief of the bakers.
11. Then we each dreamed a dream on the same night, he and I, we both dreamed, yet each dream had its own interpretation.
12. Now there with us was a Hebrew youth—a slave belonging to the commander of the bodyguards. When we told him, he interpreted our dreams for us, each man’s dream he interpreted.