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The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the ^[y]dreams are one and the same.

The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind ^(u)will be seven years of famine.

^[z]It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: ^(v)God has shown to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

Behold, ^(w)seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt;

and after them ^(x)seven years of famine will ^[aa]come, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will ^[ab]ravage the land.

So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very severe.

Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it means that ^(y)the matter is determined by God, and God will quickly bring it about.