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 Now, I have  heard  that  thou  art  very  wise  at  interpreting  them." Joseph  answered:  “God  alone  can  give  Pharao  a prosperous  answer." Pharao then  related  what  he  had  seen.

Having heard  the  dreams,  Joseph  said:  “God  hath  shown to Pharao  what  He  is  about  to  do. The seven  beautiful  kine, and the  seven  full  ears,  are  seven  years  of  plenty;  the  seven  lean and thin  kine,  and  the  seven  blasted  ears,  are  seven  years  of famine. There shall  come  seven  years  of  great  plenty  in  the whole land  of  Egypt,  after  which  shall  follow  seven  other  years of so  great  a scarcity  that  all  the  abundance  before  shall  be  forgotten; for  the  famine  shall  consume  all  the  land,  and  the  greatness of  the  scarcity  shall  destroy  the  greatness  of  the  plenty.