Genesis 41:25-36 - Joseph Tells The Dreams' Meaning
25 Joseph said to Pharaoh: Pharaoh had the same dream twice. God has told Pharaoh what he is going to do. 26 The seven good cows are seven years. The seven good heads of grain are seven years. It is all the same dream. 27 The seven thin, sickly cows that came up behind them are seven years. The seven empty heads of grain scorched by the east wind are also seven years. Seven years of famine are coming!
28 It is just as I said to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he is going to do. 29 Seven years are coming when there will be plenty of food in Egypt. 30 Seven years of famine will follow. Then people will forget that there was plenty of food in Egypt. The famine will ruin the land. 31 People will not remember that there was once plenty of food in the land, because the coming famine will be so severe. 32 The reason Pharaoh has had a recurring dream is because the matter has been definitely decided by God. He will do it very soon.
33 Pharaoh should look for a wise and intelligent man and put him in charge of Egypt. 34 Make arrangements to appoint supervisors over the land. Take a fifth of Egypt's harvest during the seven good years. 35 Have them collect all the food during these good years. Store up grain under Pharaoh's control, to be kept for food in the cities. 36 This food will be a reserve supply for our country during the seven years of famine that will happen in Egypt. Then the land will not be ruined by the famine.