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15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have seen a vision, and there is no one to interpret it; but I have heard it said concerning you that you can hear dreams and interpret them.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh and said, Without God an answer of safety shall not be given to Pharaoh.
17 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, In my dream, I stood by the bank of the river.
18 Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, well-favored and choice-fleshed, and they fed in the meadow.
19 And behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil and ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such that I never saw worse in all the land of Egypt.
20 And the seven ill-favored and thin cows ate up the seven first good and choice cows.
21 And they went into their bellies; and it was not perceptible that they had gone into their bellies, and their appearance was ill-favored, as also at the beginning. And after I awoke, I slept,
22 and I saw again in my sleep, and seven heads came up on one stem, full and good.
23 Then behold, seven heads, thin and blasted with the wind, sprang up close to them.
24 And the seven thin and blasted heads devoured the seven fine and full heads: so I spoke to the interpreters, and there was no one to explain it to me.
25 And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years; the dream of Pharaoh is one.
27 And the seven thin cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven thin and blasted heads are seven years; there shall be seven years of famine.
28 And as for the word which I have told Pharaoh, God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
29 Behold, for seven years there is coming great plenty in all the land of Egypt.
30 But there shall come seven years of famine after these, and they shall forget the plenty that shall be in all Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land.
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine that shall be after this, for it shall be very grievous.
32 And concerning the repetition of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it is because the saying which is from God shall be true, and God will hasten to accomplish it.
33 Now then, select a wise and prudent man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 And let Pharaoh make and appoint local governors over the land; and let them take up a fifth part of all the produce of the land of Egypt for the seven years of the plenty.
35 And let them gather all the food of these seven good years that are coming, and let the grain be gathered under the hand of Pharaoh; let food be kept in the cities.
36 And the stored food shall be for the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not be utterly destroyed by the famine.