when seven healthy-looking, well-fed cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.

The sickly, thin cows ate the healthy, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

when seven well-fed, healthy-looking cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.

Then the thin, ugly cows ate the first seven well-fed cows.