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.

The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.

So Abram took all these for him and then cut them in two and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half.

If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!"