NET Bible
"The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning.”"
— Genesis 41:24, NET Bible
“And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.”
“and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. ”
“The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."”
“And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it.”
“And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.”
“And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.”
When they had eaten them, no one would have known that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before. Then I woke up.
I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.
Then seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them.
The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning.”
Then Joseph said to Pharaoh,“Both dreams of Pharaoh have the same meaning. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.
The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent seven years of famine.