Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
2 when seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the river and began to feed on the grass.
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when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds.
3 Then seven other cows came up; they were thin and bony. They came and stood by the other cows on the riverbank,
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After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the riverbank.
4 and the thin cows ate up the fat cows. Then the king woke up.
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And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
5 He fell asleep again and had another dream. Seven heads of grain, full and ripe, were growing on one stalk.
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He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.
6 Then seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the desert wind,
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After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—thin and scorched by the east wind.
7 and the thin heads of grain swallowed the full ones. The king woke up and realized that he had been dreaming.
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The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.
8 In the morning he was worried, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. He told them his dreams, but no one could explain them to him.
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In the morning his mind was troubled, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
9 Then the wine steward said to the king, "I must confess today that I have done wrong.
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Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I am reminded of my shortcomings.
10 You were angry with the chief baker and me, and you put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard.
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Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he imprisoned me and the chief baker in the house of the captain of the guard.
11 One night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
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Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.
12 A young Hebrew was there with us, a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us.
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Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, giving each man the interpretation of his dream.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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