Pharaoh’s Dreams 1 In those days, after the death of Isaac, the Lord commanded and caused a famine upon the whole earth. 2 At that the Pharaoh king of Egypt was sitting upon his throne in the land of Egypt, and lay in his bed and dreamed dreams, and Pharaoh saw in his dream that he was standing by the side of the river of Egypt. 3 And whilst he was standing he saw and behold seven fat fleshed and well favored kine came up out of the river. 4 And seven other kine, lean fleshed and ill favored, came up after them, and the seven ill favored ones swallowed up the well favored ones, and still their appearance was ill as at first. 5 And he awoke, and he slept again and he dreamed a second time, and he saw and behold seven ears of corn came up …show more content…
21 And some of them said unto the king, This is the interpretation of thy dreams; the seven good kine are seven queens, whom thou wilt take for wives in the latter days, and the seven bad kine denote that those women will all die in the lifetime of the king. 22 And the seven good and bad ears of corn which thou hest see in the second dream are fourteen children, and it will be in the latter days that they will stand up and fight amongst themselves, and seven of them will smite the seven that are more powerful. 23 And some of them said these words unto the king, saying, The seven good kine that seven children will be born to thee, and they will slay seven of thy children's children in the latter days; and the seven good ears of corn which thou didst see in the second dream, are those princes against whom seven other less powerful princes will fight and destroy them in the latter days, and avenge thy children's cause, and the government will again return to thy seed. 24 And the king heard all the words of the wise men of Egypt and their interpretation of his dreams, and none of them pleased the