The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
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The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
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And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
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And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
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Passages linked to Genesis 41:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 3:15 Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine…
Gen 41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
Ver. 4. Did eat up the seven, &c.] In famine is not only outward want, but a greedy dog-like appetite within (Bουλιμια, appetitas caninus), that an ordinary meal sufficeth not, {Isa 9:20} but men are ready to eat one another: as they did at Potidea, in the Peloponnesian war; at Utica, when it was besieged by Hamilcar the father of Hannibal; at Jerusalem, when it was beleaguered by Vespasian; at Tunis, in the African war, when the soldiers were tithed, that is, every tenth man was cut in pieces and devoured. Such a famine there was at Rome in the days of Honorius the Emperor, that they were ready to eat one another; and this voice was heard in the place of public meeting, Pone precium humanae carni. At Antioch in Syria, many of the Christians, in the holy war, through famine, devoured the dead bodies of their recently slain enemies. At the siege of Scodra, they were well-nigh put to this extremity, when horses were dainty meat; yea, they were glad to eat dogs, cats, rats, and the skins of beasts sod. It exceedeth all credit, to tell at what exceeding great price a little mouse was sold, or puddings made of dogs’ guts. {a} And if our relations deceived us not, such things as these we heard of lately, to have happened in Germany. Alterius perditio, tua cautio. Seest thou another man perish? see to thyself.
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{a} Thucyd.; Polyb.; Joseph.; Manlii., loc. com. 278; Alsted., Chronol., p. 300; Turk. Hist., fol. 18, 426.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat…
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine,.... So it seemed in the dream as if this was done, was very strange and surprising that animals should devour one another; and especially that tame ones, cows or heifers, should eat those of their own species, which was never known to be done:
so Pharaoh awoke; through surprise at the strange sight he had in his dream.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. did eat up] The fantastic side of the…
4. did eat up] The fantastic side of the dream. Cf. Gen_40:11; Gen_40:17.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the ill-favored and lean fleshed kine did eat…
And the ill-favored and lean fleshed kine did eat up the seven we favored and fat kine without there being any effect to show that they had eaten them (ver. 21). So (literally, and) Pharaoh awoke.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 undesirable and thin
undesirable and thin
"weak and skinny." See how you translated this phrase in Genesis 41:3.
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desirable and fat
"healthy and well-fed." See how you translated this phrase in Genesis 41:2.
woke up
"awakened"
a second time
The word "second" is an ordinal number. AT: "again" (See: Ordinal Numbers)
Behold, seven heads
The word "behold" here shows that Pharaoh was surprised by what he saw.
heads of grain
The heads are parts of the corn plant on which the seeds grow.
came up on one stalk
"grew up on one stem." The stalk is the thick or tall part of a plant.
on one stalk, wholesome and good
"on one stock and they were healthy and beautiful"
thin and scorched by the east wind
This can be stated in active form. AT: "that were thin and burned because of the hot wind from the east" (See: Active or Passive)
the east wind
Wind from the east blew in from the desert. The heat of the east wind was often very destructive.
sprouted up
"grew up" or "developed"
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Pharaoh
dream
grain
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