Bible verse
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
Genesis 41:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 41.
13 And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
14 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
16 “I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
18 when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
19 After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
20 Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
21 When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
KJV
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
ASV
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:
ERV
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:
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