12 "A young Hebrew servant was there with us. He was a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams. And he explained them to us. He told each of us the meaning of our dreams.
13 Things turned out exactly as he said they would. I was given back my position. The other man had a pole stuck through his body."
14 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph. He was quickly brought out of the prison. Joseph shaved himself and changed his clothes. Then he came to Pharaoh.
15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream. No one can tell me what it means. But I've heard that when you hear a dream you can explain it."
16 "I can't do it," Joseph replied to Pharaoh. "But God will give Pharaoh the answer he wants."
17 Then Pharaoh told Joseph what he had dreamed. He said, "I was standing on the bank of the Nile River.
18 Seven cows came up out of the river. They were fat and good-looking. They were eating the tall grass that was growing along the river.