Joseph Is Brought Before Pharaoh

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So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.

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Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

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“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”

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Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,

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when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

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After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!

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Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.

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When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.

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In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.

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After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.

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And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”

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