Genesis 41
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Genesis 41:17-24

17So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile; 18and behold, seven cows, 1fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass. 19Lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and 2gaunt, such as I had never seen for 3ugliness in all the land of Egypt; 20and the lean and 4ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows. 21Yet when they had 5devoured them, it could not be 6detected that they had 7devoured them, 8for they were just as ugly as 9before. Then I awoke. 22I saw also in my dream, and behold, seven ears, full and good, came up on a single stalk; 23and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them; 24and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. Then 10I told it to the 11magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 41:18 Lit fat of flesh ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 41:19 Lit lean of flesh ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 41:19 Lit badness ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 41:20 Lit bad ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 41:21 Lit entered their inward parts ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 41:21 Or known ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 41:21 Lit entered their inward parts ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 41:21 Lit and ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 41:21 Lit in the beginning ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 41:24 Is 8:19; Dan 4:7 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 41:24 Or soothsayer priests ↩

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