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Genesis 41:16

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& Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."

& So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile;

& and behold, seven cows, fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass.

& ~"Lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land of Egypt;

& and the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.

& ~"Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had devoured them, for they were just as ugly as before. Then I awoke.

& ~"I saw also in my dream, and behold, seven ears, full and good, came up on a single stalk;

& and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, {and} scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them;

& and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. Then I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."

& Now Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one {and the same;} God has told to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

& ~"The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one {and the same.}

& ~"The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.

& ~"It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

& ~"Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt;

& and after them seven years of famine will come, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will ravage the land.

& ~"So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it {will be} very severe.

& ~"Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, {it means} that the matter is determined by God, and God will quickly bring it about.

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