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Genesis 41:15-25
New King James Version
Genesis 41:15-25
New King James Version
15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. (A)But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.”
16 So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, (B)“It is not in me; (C)God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “Behold, (D)in my dream I stood on the bank of the river. 18 Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow. 19 Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt. 20 And the gaunt and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat cows. 21 When they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were just as ugly as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22 Also I saw in my dream, and suddenly seven [a]heads came up on one stalk, full and good. 23 Then behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them. 24 And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads. So (E)I told this to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; (F)God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do:
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- Genesis 41:22 Heads of grain
Genesis 41:15-25
New International Version
Genesis 41:15-25
New International Version
15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it.(A) But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”(B)
16 “I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”(C)
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,(D) 18 when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds.(E) 19 After them, seven other cows came up—scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt. 20 The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first. 21 But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.
22 “In my dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk. 23 After them, seven other heads sprouted—withered and thin and scorched by the east wind. 24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.(F)”
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same.(G) God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.(H)
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