5261. Verses 25-27 And Joseph said to Pharaoh, Pharaoh's dream, it is one; what God is doing He has pointed out to Pharaoh. The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; the dream, it is one. And the seven thin and bad cows coming up after them are seven years; and the seven empty heads of grain, scorched by an east wind, will be seven years of famine.

'And Joseph said to Pharaoh' means a perception which the natural received from the celestial of the spiritual. 'Pharaoh's dream, it is one' means that a similar situation existed in both parts, which was foreseen. 'What God is doing He has pointed out to Pharaoh' means that the natural was allowed to discern what was provided. 'The seven good cows are seven years' means a state when truth within the interior natural is multiplied. 'And the seven good heads of grain are seven years' means a state when truth within the exterior natural is multiplied. 'The dream, it is one' means that both will be such through a joining together. 'And the seven thin and bad cows coming up after them are seven years' means a state when falsity attacking the interior natural is multiplied. 'And the seven empty heads of grain, scorched by an east wind' means a state when falsity attacking the exterior natural is multiplied. 'Will be seven years of famine' means a consequent absence and seeming deprivation of truth.