^{16 Ref} and Joseph answereth Pharaoh, saying, `Without me -- God doth answer Pharaoh with peace.'

¹⁷ And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph: `In my dream, lo, I am standing by the edge of the River,

^{18 Ref} and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat `in' flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;

¹⁹ and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean `in' flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness.

²⁰ `And the lean and the bad kine eat up the first seven fat kine,

^{21 Ref} and they come in unto their midst, and it hath not been known that they have come in unto their midst, and their appearance `is' bad as at the commencement; and I awake.

²² `And I see in my dream, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good;

^{23 Ref} and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

^{24 Ref} and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.'

^{25 Ref} And Joseph saith unto Pharaoh, `The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he hath declared to Pharaoh;