This [is] the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh As an interpretation of his dreams: what God [is] about to do, he sheweth unto Pharaoh: the events of fourteen years with respect to plenty and sterility.
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Genesis 41:28 In-Context
26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears of grain are seven years - the dreams are the same.
27 Likewise the seven lean and miserable-looking cows that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted by the east wind - there will be seven years of famine.
28 This is what I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
29 Here it is: there will be seven years of abundance throughout the whole land of Egypt;
30 but afterwards, there will come seven years of famine; and Egypt will forget all the abundance. The famine will consume the land,