1And it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh was dreaming, and behold, he was standing beside the Nile.2And behold, from the Nile seven cows were coming up, beautiful in appearance and fat in flesh, and they grazed in the meadow.3And behold, seven other cows were coming up after them from the Nile, bad in appearance and thin in flesh, and they stood beside the cows on the bank of the Nile.4And the cows that were bad in appearance and thin in flesh ate the seven cows that were beautiful in appearance and fat, and Pharaoh awoke.5And he slept and dreamed a second time, and behold, seven ears of grain were coming up on a single stalk, fat and good.6And behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, were sprouting after them.7And the thin ears swallowed up the seven fat and full ears, and Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.8And it happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men; and Pharaoh recounted his dream to them, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.9Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "My sins I am causing to be remembered today.10Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.11And we dreamed a dream in one night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his dream.12And there with us was a young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard; and we recounted to him, and he interpreted for us our dreams; each according to his dream he interpreted.13And it happened just as he had interpreted for us; so it was: he restored me to my office, and he hanged him."14Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurried him from the dungeon; and he shaved and changed his garments and came to Pharaoh.15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I dreamed a dream, and there is no one to interpret it; but I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream, you can interpret it."16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."17Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I was standing upon the bank of the Nile.18And behold, from the Nile seven cows were coming up, fat in flesh and beautiful in form, and they grazed in the meadow.19And behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very bad in form and thin in flesh; I have not seen any as bad as them in all the land of Egypt.20And the thin and bad cows ate the seven first cows, the fat ones.21And they came into their bellies, but it was not known that they had come into their bellies; their appearance was bad, just as at the beginning, and I awoke.22And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears were coming up on a single stalk, full and good.23And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, scorched by the east wind, were sprouting after them.24And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears; and I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is about to do he has told to Pharaoh.26The seven good cows are seven years; they are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; it is one dream.27And the seven thin and bad cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.28This is the word that I spoke to Pharaoh: what God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.29Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt.30And seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will consume the land.31And the abundance will not be known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it will be very heavy.32And as for the dream being repeated to Pharaoh twice, it is because the matter is established by God, and God is hastening to do it.33And now let Pharaoh see a man discerning and wise and set him over the land of Egypt.34Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and let him take a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.35And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the hand of Pharaoh as food in the cities, and let them keep it.36And the food shall be a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine that will be in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not perish in the famine."37And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.38And Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find anyone like this, a man in whom is the spirit of God?"39Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "After God has made all this known to you, there is no one discerning and wise like you.40You shall be over my house, and all my people shall obey your command; only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you."