Genesis 41:1-6

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams

1 And it happened [that] after {two full years} Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he was standing by the Nile.
2 And behold, seven cows, {well built and fat}, were coming up from the Nile, and they grazed among the reeds.
3 And behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, {ugly and gaunt}, and they stood beside those cows on the bank of the Nile.
4 And the {ugly and gaunt} cows ate the seven {well built and fat} cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time, and behold, seven ears of grain, plump and good, were coming out of one stalk.
6 And behold, seven thin ears of grain, scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Literally "two years of days"
  • [b]. Literally "beautiful of appearance and healthy of flesh"
  • [c]. Literally "Poor of appearance and thin of flesh"
  • [d]. Or "the"
  • [e]. Literally "Poor of appearance and thin of flesh"
  • [f]. Literally "beautiful of appearance and healthy of flesh"
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