President Hinckley & Pharoah's Dream

You may have noticed that over the years President Hinckley made many references to the message of Pharoah's dream and it's application to our day:

• "We are mindful of the story of Pharaoh’s dream of the fat and lean cattle and the full and thin ears of corn..." - GC, April 1991


• "Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, dreamed dreams which greatly troubled him. The wise men of his court could not give an interpretation. Joseph was then brought before him: 'Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
  'And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
  'And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed. …
  'And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: …
  'And I saw in my dream … seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
  'And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
  'And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: …
  'And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, … God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
  'The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. …
  '… What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
  “Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
  'And there shall arise after them seven years of famine;
  '… And God will shortly bring it to pass' (Gen. 41:17–20, 22–26, 28–30, 32).
  "Now, brethren, I want to make it very clear that I am not prophesying, that I am not predicting years of famine in the future. But I am suggesting that the time has come to get our houses in order."
  - GC, Oct 1998 (also included in his book, Standing for Something, p. 84)


• "I cannot forget the great lesson of Pharaoh’s dream of the fat and lean kine and of the full and withered stalks of corn." - GC, Oct 2001


• "Let us never lose sight of the dream of Pharaoh concerning the fat cattle and the lean, the full ears of corn, and the blasted ears; the meaning of which was interpreted by Joseph to indicate years of plenty and years of scarcity." - GC, Oct 2005