1 When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream. In his dream, he was standing by the Nile River.
2 Seven cows came up out of the river. They looked healthy and fat. They were eating some of the tall grass that was growing along the river.
3 After them, seven other cows came up out of the Nile. They looked ugly and skinny. They were standing beside the other cows on the riverbank.
4 The ugly, skinny cows ate up the seven cows that looked healthy and fat. Then Pharaoh woke up.
5 He fell asleep again and had a second dream. In that dream, seven heads of grain were growing on one stem. They were healthy and good.
6 After them, seven other heads of grain came up. They were thin and dried up by the east wind.
7 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up. It had been a dream.