The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
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The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
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And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
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And the seven lean and ill-favoured kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Genesis 41:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 8:1 Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for Yahweh has called for a famine. It will also come on the land for seven years.”
- 2 Samuel 24:19 David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And there shall arise after them seven years of…
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine,.... Which might be occasioned by the river Nile not rising so high as to overflow its banks, as, when it did not rise to more than twelve cubits, a famine ensued, as the above writer says (n); and it must be owing to the overruling providence of God that this should be the case for seven years running:
and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; the seven years of plenty being all spent, it should be as if it never was; the minds of men would be so intent upon their present distressed case and circumstances, that they should wholly forget how it had been with them in time past; or it would be as if they had never enjoyed it, or were never the better for it: this answers to and explains how it was with the ill favoured kine, when they had eaten up the fat kine; they seemed never the better, nor could it be known by their appearance that they had so done:
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and the famine shall consume the land: the inhabitants of it, and all the fruits and increase of it the former years produced.
(n) Nat Hist. l. 5. c. 9.
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Joseph continues his interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams
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thin and undesirable cows
"skinny and weak cows." See how you translated a similar phrase in Genesis 41:3.
seven thin heads scorched by the east wind
This can be stated in active form. AT: "seven thin heads of grain scorched because of the hot wind from the east" (See: Active or Passive)
That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh ... revealed to Pharaoh
Joseph speaks to Pharaoh in the third person. This is a way of showing respect. It can be stated in second person. AT: "These events will happen just as I have told you ... revealed to you, Pharaoh" (See: First, Second, or Third Person)
he has revealed
"he has made known"
Look, seven
"Pay attention, because what I am about to say is both true and important: seven"
seven years of great abundance will come throughout all the land of Egypt
This speaks about the years of abundance as if time is something that travels and comes to a place. AT: "there will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt" (See: Metaphor)
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year
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Pharaoh
God
reveal
Egypt
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