Now, I have heard that thou art very wise at interpreting them." Joseph answered: “God alone can give Pharao a prosperous answer." Pharao then related what he had seen.
Having heard the dreams, Joseph said: “God hath shown[1] to Pharao what He is about to do. The seven beautiful kine, and the seven full ears, are seven years of plenty; the seven lean and thin kine, and the seven blasted ears, are seven years of famine. There shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of Egypt, after which shall follow seven other years of so great a scarcity that all the abundance before shall be forgotten; for the famine shall consume all the land, and the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.
- ↑ Hath shown, i. c. these dreams have been sent to you by God in order to show you what is, by His divine Providence, to happen in the future.
