And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
The verse records Pharaoh telling Joseph the beginning of his second dream, in which seven full and good ears of grain came up on one stalk. He told it together with his first dream, in which seven well-fed cows came up from the river and were eaten by seven gaunt ugly cows. He had already told both dreams to the magicians, and none of them could explain them to him.
The seven plump healthy heads growing together on the single stalk were afterward swallowed by seven withered, thin, wind-scorched heads. The seven good ears represent seven years of abundance. The ears belong to the same dream as the seven good cows. The seven years of abundance precede seven years of famine.
The verse records Pharaoh telling Joseph the beginning of his second dream, in which seven full and good ears of grain came up on one stalk. He told it together with his first dream, in which seven well-fed cows came up from the river and were eaten by seven gaunt ugly cows. He had already told both dreams to the magicians, and none of them could explain them to him.
The seven plump healthy heads growing together on the single stalk were afterward swallowed by seven withered, thin, wind-scorched heads. The seven good ears represent seven years of abundance. The ears belong to the same dream as the seven good cows. The seven years of abundance precede seven years of famine.