Later, when Reuben returned to the cistern, Joseph wasn't there! In mounting panic, he tore his clothes,

when all of a sudden seven healthy, plump cows emerged from the Nile to graze in the grass that grew in the reeds that lined the bank.

And behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, bad-looking and lean-fleshed, and stood by the kine on the bank of the river.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

and all of a sudden seven healthy, plump, beautiful cows emerged from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds that line the bank.