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:
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were blighted, shriveled, and withered by the east wind.

Context of Genesis 41:23

21But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up. 22“In my dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk. After them, seven other heads sprouted—withered and thin and scorched by the east wind. 24The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.” 25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. 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 other heads of grain sprouted—thin and scorched by the east wind.
• 2 Kings 19:26Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.
• Psalms 129:6May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
• Hosea 8:7“They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.
• Hosea 9:16Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay their cherished offspring.”
• Hosea 13:15even though he thrives among his brothers. An east wind from the Lord will come, blowing in from the desert; his spring will fail and his well dry up. His storehouse will be plundered of all its treasures.
• Genesis 41:20The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first.

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