Genesis 41:6
And after them came up seven other heads, thin and wasted by the east wind.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
In Context
Cross References
Ezekiel 17:10And if it is planted will it do well? will it not become quite dry at the touch of the east wind, drying up in the bed where it was planted?
Hosea 13:15Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:2-9
Pharaoh's Portentous Dream. ( b. c. 1715.) 1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So… Read the whole commentary →