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Skinny Cows

Genesis 41:25-33 41:25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, 'Pharaoh's dream has a single meaning. God has told Pharaoh what He is about to do. 41:26 The seven good cows are seven years. The seven good ears are [the same] seven years. It is one dream. 41:27 'The seven emaciated, bad cows who came up after [the first ones] are also seven years. The seven empty, wind-scorched ears will [likewise] be seven years of famine.41:28 'It is as I have told Pharaoh - God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.41:29 Seven years are coming, during which there will be a great surplus of food all over Egypt.41:30 These will be followed by seven years of famine, when all the surplus in Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will ravage the land.41:31 The ensuing famine will be so terrible that there will be no way of telling that there was once a surplus in the land.41:32'The reason that Pharaoh had the same dream twice is because the process has already been set in motion by God, and God i