And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass.
Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;
And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;
And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.
Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water?
And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.
The grass-lands by the Nile, and everything planted by the Nile, will become dry, or taken away by the wind, and will come to an end.