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Genesis 41:26
ESV The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.
NIV The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream.
NASB The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one and the same.
CSB The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years. The dreams mean the same thing.
NLT The seven healthy cows and the seven healthy heads of grain both represent seven years of prosperity.
KJV The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
NKJV The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years; the dreams are one.

What does Genesis 41:26 mean?

Joseph (Genesis 41:14–16) reveals that Pharaoh's two dreams deliver the same message from God in the form of allegory (Genesis 41:1–8). In both dreams, the numbers represent years. The seven healthy cows and the seven healthy ears of grain represent the same seven-year period (Genesis 41:17–24).

As Joseph will go on to explain, the seven thin cows and seven thin heads of grain represent a second time period, one of famine (Genesis 41:27). This shortage will be so severe that it will entirely undo the seven years of abundance (Genesis 41:31). While that is dire news, there is also hope. Since Pharaoh has been warned, he can prepare—Joseph will make such suggestions as part of his interpretation (Genesis 41:34–36).
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