Genesis 41:26

Genesis 41:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
• New International Version (NIV)The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years; the dreams are one.

Context of Genesis 41:26

24And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.” 25At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do. The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning. 27Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine. 28It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.

Genesis 41:26 word by word

שֶׁ֧בַע פָּרֹ֣ת הַטֹּבֹ֗ת שֶׁ֤בַע שָׁנִים֙ הֵ֔נָּה וְשֶׁ֤בַע הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִים֙ הַטֹּבֹ֔ת שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים הֵ֑נָּה חֲל֖וֹם אֶחָ֥ד הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

• The sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• cowsפָּרָהpârâh · heiferH6510
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• yearsהֵנָּהhênnâh · they(fem.)H2007
• heads of grainשִׁבֹּ֫לֶתshibbôl shibbôleth · earH7641
• The dreamsחֲלוֹםchălôm chălôm · dreamH2472
• have the same meaningאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• have the same meaningהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931

Cross-references for Genesis 41:26

• Genesis 41:2when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
• Genesis 40:18Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
• Exodus 12:11This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
• 1 Corinthians 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
• Genesis 40:12Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
• Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
• Exodus 26:6Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.
• 1 John 5:7For there are three that testify:

Commentaries on Genesis 41:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-57Verses 1-57 - Joseph Was Exalted 1. יאר ye'or “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic. 2. אחוּ 'āchû “sedge, reed-grass, marsh-grass.” This word is probably Coptic. 8. חרטמים charṭumı̂ym ̓̀ exēgētai ̔͂ hierogrammateis “sacred scribes, hieroglyphs.” חרט chereṭ “stylus,” a graving tool. 43. אברך 'abrēk “bend the knee.” In this sense it is put for הברך habrēk imperative hiphil of ברך bārak Those who take the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-32Verses 9-32 God's time for the enlargement of his people is the fittest time. If the chief butler had got Joseph to be released from prison, it is probable he would have gone back to the land of the Hebrews. Then he had neither been so blessed himself, nor such a blessing to his family, as afterwards he proved. Joseph, when introduced to Pharaoh, gives honour to God. Pharaoh had dreamed that he stood upon the bank of the river Nile, and saw the kine, both…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-32Both dreams predicted that seven years of abundant crops would be followed by seven years of severe famine.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-3625. Joseph said, ... The dream ... is one--They both pointed to the same event--a remarkable dispensation of seven years of unexampled abundance, to be followed by a similar period of unparalleled dearth. The repetition of the dream in two different forms was designed to show the absolute certainty and speedy arrival of this public crisis; the interpretation was accompanied by several suggestions of practical wisdom for meeting so great an emergency as…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 41:26

• Dream
• Government
• Heathen
• Joseph
• Kine (Bovine)
• Prisoners
• Promotion
• Servant
• Seven
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Appoint
• Array
• Cry
• Discreet
• Divination
• Dungeon
• Empty
• Famine
• Fault
• Pharaoh

Commentaries on Genesis 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings