Genesis 41:7

The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump, full ears. Then Pharaoh woke up, and realised that it was a dream.

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In The King James Version

And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

In Context

6Also seven ears, thin and blasted by the east wind, sprang up after them.

8In the morning Pharaoh’s mind was disturbed; so he sent and called all the magicians and wise men of Egypt and told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them to him.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night and said to him, ‘You will die, because of the woman you have taken, for she is married.

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 →

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