Kejadian 41:26-32

41:26 The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning. ¹  41:27 The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent ²  seven years of famine. 41:28 This is just what I told ³  Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. 41:29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt. 41:30 But seven years of famine will occur ⁴  after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate ⁵  the land. 41:31 The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered ⁶  because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe. ⁷  41:32 The dream was repeated to Pharaoh ⁸  because the matter has been decreed ⁹  by God, and God will make it happen soon. ¹⁰ 

[41:26]  ¹ tn Heb “one dream it is.”

[41:27]  ² tn Heb “are.” Another option is to translate, “There will be seven years of famine.”

[41:28]  ³ tn Heb “it is the word that I spoke.”

[41:30]  ⁴ tn The perfect with the vav consecutive continues the time frame of the preceding participle, which has an imminent future nuance here.

[41:30]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew verb כָּלָה (kalah) in the Piel stem means “to finish, to destroy, to bring an end to.” The severity of the famine will ruin the land of Egypt.

[41:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “known.”

[41:31]  ⁷ tn Or “heavy.”

[41:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “and concerning the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh two times.” The Niphal infinitive here is the object of the preposition; it is followed by the subjective genitive “of the dream.”

[41:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “established.”

[41:32]  ¹⁰ tn The clause combines a participle and an infinitive construct: God “is hurrying…to do it,” meaning he is going to do it soon.