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 were devoured, one couldn’t tell that they had been devoured. Their appearance was as ugly as it was at first. Then I woke up. 22Then I saw in my dream, there were seven ears of corn coming up on one stalk, plump and good. Then suddenly, there were seven ears of corn, dried up, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouting up after them. 24Then the thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven good ears of corn. So I told the fortune-telling priests, but no one could provide me with an explanation.” 25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s dream is one. God has told 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 41:6Then behold, there were seven ears of corn, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouting up after them.
• 2 Kings 19:26Their inhabitants are weak-handed, shattered and ashamed They are like the grass of the field and green herb, like grass on roofs, scorched before it is grown up.
• Psalms 129:6Let them be like grass on the roofs, which withers before it springs up—
• Hosea 8:7“For they sow wind, and reap a whirlwind. There is no mature grain— the sprout yields no meal. Should it produce anything, strangers would swallow it up.
• Hosea 9:16Ephraim is blighted; their root is withered; they bear no fruit. Even if they bring forth children, I will slay the cherished ones in their wombs.”
• Hosea 13:15Because he is the son of kinsmen, he should have been fruitful. An east wind will come— the wind from Adonai, coming up from the wilderness. His spring will become dry, and his fountain will dry up. He will plunder the treasury of every precious vessel.
• Genesis 41:20Then the emaciated and ugly cows ate the first seven beefy 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