Suddenly, seven nice-looking, well-fed cows came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
After two full years Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed he was standing by the Nile River.
Seven other cows came up from the river behind them. These cows were sickly and skinny. They stood behind the first seven cows on the riverbank.
“Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp? Can rushes grow tall without water?
The canals will stink. Egypt’s streams will be emptied and dried up. The reeds and cattails will wither.
The rushes by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile, and all the fields planted beside the Nile will dry up, be blown away, and disappear.