1 After two years, Pharaoh had a dream. He stood by a big river. 2 Seven fat cows came out of the river and ate grass by the water. 3 Then seven thin, sick cows came out and stood by the fat cows. 4 The thin cows ate the seven fat cows. Pharaoh woke up. ➡️ 5 Pharaoh slept again and had a second dream. He saw seven good heads of grain on one plant. 6 Then seven thin heads of grain came up. A hot wind had hurt them. 7 The thin grain ate the good grain. Pharaoh woke up. It was a dream. ➡️ 8 In the morning Pharaoh was upset. He called his smart men, but no one could tell the meaning. 9 The cup man for the king spoke. He said, “I remember a thing.” 10 He said, “You were mad at me and the baker. We went to the jail of the guard boss.” 11 “We had dreams in one night. Each dream was different.” 12 “A young man was there. He was from far away. We told him our dreams. He told what they meant.” ️ 13 “It came true. I got my job back. The baker died.” ✅❌ 14 Pharaoh sent for Joseph fast. They shaved him and gave him clean clothes. He came to Pharaoh. ✂️➡️ 15 Pharaoh said, “I had a dream. No one can tell me. I hear you can tell dreams.” ️ 16 Joseph said, “I cannot. God can. God will give you peace.” ✨ 17 Pharaoh said, “In my dream, I stood by the river.” 18 “Seven fat cows came up and ate grass.” 19 “Then seven thin, very bad cows came. I never saw cows like that.” 20 “The thin cows ate the first seven fat cows.” ➡️ 21 “After they ate, they still looked thin. Then I woke up.” ➡️ 22 “I had a dream again. I saw seven good heads of grain on one plant.” 23 “Then seven thin heads came up. A hot east wind hurt them.” 24 “The thin heads ate the seven good heads. I told the smart men, but no one could tell me.” ➡️ 25 Joseph said, “Your two dreams are one. God shows what He will do.” ✨ 26 “The seven good cows are seven years. The seven good grain heads are seven years. It is one dream.” 7️⃣=7️⃣️, 7️⃣=7️⃣️ 27 “The seven thin cows and the seven thin grain heads are seven bad years with no food.” 7️⃣ + 7️⃣ = 7️⃣️ no food 28 “God shows you what He will do soon.” ⏱️ 29 “There will be seven good years in all Egypt. Lots of food.” 7️⃣️ 30 “Then seven bad years will come. People will forget the good years.” 7️⃣️❌ 31 “The good time will not seem good, because the bad time will be very, very hard.” ❌ 32 “Two dreams mean it is set by God. It will happen soon.” 2️⃣➡️✅ 33 “So pick a wise man. Make him the boss over Egypt.” 34 “Pick helpers. Take one part of the food in the seven good years.” ➕ 35 “Store the food in the cities for Pharaoh. Keep it safe.” ️ 36 “The food will help in the seven bad years. People will live.” ➡️ 37 Pharaoh and his helpers liked this plan. 38 Pharaoh said, “Can we find a man like this? God’s Holy Spirit is in him.” ✨ 39 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “God showed you this. You are the wisest.” ️ 40 “You will be over my house. All people will do what you say. Only I, the king, am higher.” ⬆️ 41 Pharaoh said, “I make you boss of all Egypt.” ➡️ 42 Pharaoh put his ring on Joseph’s hand. He gave him fine clothes and a gold chain. 43 Joseph rode in the second car with horses. People called, “Bow!” 44 Pharaoh said, “I am Pharaoh, but no one can do a thing unless you say so.” ️ 45 Pharaoh gave Joseph a new name and a wife named Asenath. Joseph traveled in Egypt. 46 Joseph was 30 years old. He left Pharaoh and went over all Egypt. 3️⃣0️⃣ 47 In the seven good years, the land made a lot of food. 48 Joseph gathered the food from those years. He stored it in each city. ️ 49 He stored grain like sand by the sea. So much! He could not count it. ❌ 50 Before the bad years, Joseph had two sons with Asenath. 51 Joseph named the first son Manasseh, “God made me forget my hard time and my home pain.” ➡️Manasseh 52 Joseph named the second son Ephraim, “God made me do well here in a hard land.” ➡️Ephraim 53 The seven good years ended. ✅7️⃣️ 54 The seven bad years began, as Joseph said. All lands had no food. But Egypt had bread. ❌ ➕ ✅ 55 All Egypt got hungry and cried to Pharaoh for bread. He said, “Go to Joseph. Do what he says.” ➡️ 56 The bad time was in all the land. Joseph opened the stores and sold grain. It was very hard. ➡️ 57 People from all lands came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph. The bad time was over all the earth. ➡️