Joseph Before Pharaoh

9Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “Today I remember my offenses.”

10Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he 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, I and he; each man 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 told him, and he interpreted our dreams for us; he interpreted each man's dream according to his dream.

13And it happened just as he interpreted for us, so it was: me he restored to my office, but him he hanged.

14Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. He shaved, changed his clothes, and came to Pharaoh.

15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one to interpret it. But I have heard it said about you that when you hear a dream, you can interpret it.”

16Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me; God will answer for Pharaoh’s well-being.”

17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile.”

18And behold, seven cows were coming up from the Nile, healthy in flesh and beautiful in form, and they grazed in the reeds.

19And behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly in appearance and thin in flesh. I had not seen any like them in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

20And the thin and ugly cows ate up the first seven healthy cows.

21And they went into their bellies, but it was not known that they had gone into their bellies, and their appearance was bad, just as at the beginning. Then I awoke.

22And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears of grain were coming up on one stalk, full and good.

23And behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, were sprouting after them.

24And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. Then I told the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.