And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
And I saw in my dream ... seven ears - that is, of Egyptian wheat (triticum compositum), which, when "full and good," is remarkable in size-a single seed sprouting into seven, ten, or fourteen stalks, and each stalk bearing an ear. Perhaps it might be spelt (see the note at Exodus 9:32). The vision exhibited samples of grain marked by extraordinary characteristics. But the natural tendency of the spelt to branch out into distinct ears creates a presumption in favour of its being the cereal which Pharaoh saw.