Genesis 41:23

Genesis 41:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
• New International Version (NIV)After them, seven other heads sprouted—withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then behold, seven heads, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them.

Context of Genesis 41:23

21When they had devoured them, you could not tell that they had devoured them; their appearance was as bad as it had been before. Then I woke up. 22In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stalk. After them, seven heads of grain — withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind — sprouted up. 24The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good ones. I told this to the magicians, but no one can tell me what it means.” 25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s dreams mean the same thing. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Genesis 41:23 word by word

וְהִנֵּה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים צְנֻמ֥וֹת דַּקּ֖וֹת שְׁדֻפ֣וֹת קָדִ֑ים צֹמְח֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And, behold, sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• earsשִׁבֹּ֫לֶתshibbôl shibbôleth · earH7641
• witheredצָנַםtsânam · to dryH6798
• thinדַּקdaq · thinH1851
• blastedשָׁדַףshâdaph · to scorchH7710
• with the east windקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921
• sprung upצָמַחtsâmach · to springH6779
• after themאַחַר'achar · afterH310

Cross-references for Genesis 41:23

• Genesis 41:6After them, seven heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up.
• 2 Kings 19:26Their inhabitants have become powerless, dismayed, and ashamed. They are plants of the field, tender grass, grass on the rooftops, blasted by the east wind.
• Psalms 129:6Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up
• Hosea 8:7Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if they did, foreigners would swallow it up.
• Hosea 9:16Ephraim is struck down; their roots are withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will kill the precious offspring of their wombs.
• Hosea 13:15Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. His water source will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder the treasury of every precious item.
• Genesis 41:20Then the thin, sickly cows ate the first seven well-fed cows.

Commentaries on Genesis 41:23

• 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. 17-24Pharaoh recounted his dreams and testified that no human wisdom could interpret them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. blasted with the east wind--destructive everywhere to grain, but particularly so in Egypt; where, sweeping over the sandy deserts of Arabia, it comes in the character of a hot, blighting wind, that quickly withers all vegetation (compare Eze 19:12; Ho 13:15).Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 41:23

• Dream
• Heathen
• Joseph
• Prisoners
• Promotion
• Servant
• Seven

In the dictionaries

• East wind
• Appoint
• Array
• Cry
• Discreet
• 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