Joseph Interprets

25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s dreams are one; what God is doing he has declared to Pharaoh.”

26The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears of grain 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 empty heads of grain, scorched by the east wind, will be seven years of famine.

28This is the matter that I spoke to Pharaoh: what God is doing he has shown to Pharaoh.

29Look, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout all the land of Egypt.

30Then 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 in the land will not be known because of that famine afterward, for it will be very severe.

32And as for the dream being repeated to Pharaoh twice, it is because the matter is fixed by God, and God is hastening to do it.

33Now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man, and appoint him over the land of Egypt.

34Let Pharaoh do this: let him appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

35Let them gather all the food of these coming good years, and let them store up grain under Pharaoh’s authority as food in the cities, and let them keep it.

36That 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 may not be cut off by the famine.