Catholic Public Domain Version
"The seven beautiful cows, and the seven full ears of grain, are seven years of abundance. And so the force of the dreams is understood to be the same. "
— Genesis 41:26, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.”
“The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. ”
“The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.”
“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 beautiful kine, and the seven full ears, are seven years of plenty: and both contain the same meaning of the dream.”
“The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.”
“The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.”
Likewise, another seven, thin and struck with blight, rose up from the stalk.
And they devoured the beauty of the first. I explained this dream to the interpreters, and there is no one who can unfold it.”
Joseph responded: “The dream of the king is one. What God will do, he has revealed to Pharaoh.
The seven beautiful cows, and the seven full ears of grain, are seven years of abundance. And so the force of the dreams is understood to be the same.
Likewise, the seven thin and emaciated cows, which ascended after them, and the seven thin ears of grain, which were struck with the burning wind, are seven approaching years of famine.
These will be fulfilled in this order.
Behold, there will arrive seven years of great fertility throughout the entire land of Egypt.