Genesis 41:26

26 The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven full heads of grain are also seven years; they have the same meaning.

Genesis 41:26 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:26

The seven good kine [are] seven years
Signify seven years, and these years of plenty, as appears from the antithesis in ( Genesis 41:26 ) : and the seven good ears [are] seven years;
signify the same: the dream [is] one;
for though the seven good kine were seen in one dream, the seven good ears in another, yet both dreams were one as to signification.

Genesis 41:26 In-Context

24 and the thin heads of grain swallowed the full ones. I told the dreams to the magicians, but none of them could explain them to me."

25 Joseph said to the king, "The two dreams mean the same thing; God has told you what he is going to do.

26 The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven full heads of grain are also seven years; they have the same meaning.

27 The seven thin cows which came up later and the seven thin heads of grain scorched by the desert wind are seven years of famine.

28 It is just as I told you - God has shown you what he is going to do.