Concept:Pharaoh's dream in Genesis 41 symbolically shows seven years of famine destroying the years of plenty, pictured as thin cows eating fat cows.
Explanation:In Genesis 41:1-7, Pharaoh saw seven sleek and fat cows come up out of the Nile River.
Then seven gaunt and thin cows came up after them from the river.
The seven gaunt and thin cows stood beside the fat cows on the riverbank.
After that, the thin and ugly cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows.
Even after eating them, the thin cows remained just as gaunt and ugly as before.
This strange sight troubled Pharaoh deeply.
Joseph later interpreted the dream for Pharaoh.
He explained that the seven fat cows meant seven years of great abundance in Egypt.
The seven thin cows meant seven years of severe famine that would follow the years of plenty.
The thin cows eating the fat cows showed that the famine would completely consume all the surplus food stored during the good years.
Thus, the action of the thin cows was the central sign of coming hardship in the dream.
Answer:The seven gaunt and thin cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows.
Therefore, the correct option is D.