Genesis 41:7

7 and the scrawny ears swallowed up the full and well-formed ears. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.

Genesis 41:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:7

And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears,
&c.] So it appeared to Pharaoh in his dream, which must be very amazing to behold, and unaccountable how it should be: and Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, [it was] a dream;
not a real fact, but a dream; yet not a common dream, but had some important signification in it; it not vanishing from his mind, but abode upon it, which made him conclude there was something more than common in it, and made him very desirous to have the interpretation of it.

Genesis 41:7 In-Context

5 He went back to sleep and had a second dream, in which seven ears of grain, full and healthy, grew on a single stalk.

6 Just then, seven ears of grain, scrawny and scorched by the east wind, sprouted after them,

7 and the scrawny ears swallowed up the full and well-formed ears. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.

8 In the morning, he was disturbed and summoned all of Egypt's religious experts and all of its advisors. Pharaoh described his dreams to them, but they couldn't interpret them for Pharaoh.

9 Then the chief wine steward spoke to Pharaoh: "Today I've just remembered my mistake.