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

21Even though they had eaten them, no one could tell they had eaten them. They looked just as sick as before. Then I woke up. 22“In my second dream I saw seven good, full heads of grain growing on a single stalk. Seven other heads of grain, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted behind them. 24The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but no one could tell me what it meant.” 25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh had the same dream twice. God has told Pharaoh what he’s going 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 41:6Seven other heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted behind them.
• 2 Kings 19:26Those who live in these cities are weak, discouraged, and ashamed. They will be like plants in the field, like fresh, green grass on the roofs, scorched before it sprouted.
• Psalms 129:6Make them be like grass on a roof, like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.
• Hosea 8:7“The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm. A field of grain that doesn’t ripen will never produce any grain. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would eat it all.
• Hosea 9:16“The people of Ephraim are like sick plants. Their roots are dried up. They have no fruit. Even if they were to have children, I would kill their dear children.”
• Hosea 13:15The people of Ephraim have become important among their relatives. However, the Lord’s scorching wind will come from the east. It will blow out of the desert. Then their springs will run dry, and their wells will dry up. The wind will destroy every precious thing in their storehouses.
• Genesis 41:20The thin, sickly cows ate up the seven well-fed ones.

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