New King James Version
Genesis 41:26
26The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years; the dreams are one.
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 Living Translation (NLT)The seven healthy cows and the seven healthy heads of grain both represent seven years of prosperity.
Context of Genesis 41:26
24And the thin heads devoured the seven good heads. So I told this to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.” 25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do: The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years; the dreams are one. 27And the seven thin and ugly cows which came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty heads blighted by the east wind are seven years of famine. 28This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
Read all of Genesis 41Genesis 41:26 word by word
שֶׁ֧בַע פָּרֹ֣ת הַטֹּבֹ֗ת שֶׁ֤בַע שָׁנִים֙ הֵ֔נָּה וְשֶׁ֤בַע הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִים֙ הַטֹּבֹ֔ת שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים הֵ֑נָּה חֲל֖וֹם אֶחָ֥ד הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 41:26
- Genesis 41:2Suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow.
- Genesis 40:18So Joseph answered and said, “This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days.
- Exodus 12:11And thus you shall eat it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
- Genesis 40:12And Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days.
- Genesis 2:24Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
- Exodus 26:6And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, so that it may be one tabernacle.
- 1 John 5:7For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
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
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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
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