Pharaoh’s Dream
Two years past, and Joseph is still in prison. The cup bearer has not remembered him. Then one night Pharaoh has two dreams, and he wonders what they mean. The next morning Pharaoh calls all his wise man and tells them the things that he has dreamed. But all of them are unable to explain the meaning of his dreams.
Now the cupbearer at last remembers Joseph. He says to Pharaoh, “When I was in prison there was a man who is able to interpret the meaning of dreams. Pharaoh brought Joseph out of prison right away.
Pharaoh tells Joseph his dreams:-
“ I saw seven fat, beautiful cows, then I saw seven thin and bony cows. Then thin cows ate up the fat ones. Second dream, I saw seven heads of full, ripe grain growing on the stalk. Then I saw seven thin, dried out heads of grain, and the thin heads of grain began to swallow up the seven good heads of grain.
Then Joseph says to Pharaoh, both dreams bring the same meaning. The seven fat cows and the seven full heads of the grain means seven more years. There will be seven years when a lot of food will grow in Egypt. Then there will be seven years when very little food will grow.’
So Pharaoh advised Pharaoh to choose a wise man and put him in-charge of collecting food during the seven good years. By doing this the people will not starve during the following seven bad years.
Pharaoh likes the idea and he chooses Joseph to collect the food and to store it up. Joseph becomes the most important man in Egypt next to Pharaoh.
Eight years later his ten brothers came to Egypt to get some food because in Canaan they were running out of food. Joseph recognizes his brothers, but they do not. At that time Joseph remembers the dream he had when he was a boy.
