Genesis 41:2

he saw coming up from the Nile seven cows, good-looking and fat, and they had been feeding in the river grass.

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And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

In Context

1Two years later Pharaoh had a dream: as he stood by the Nile,

3Then seven other cows came up after them out of the Nile, bad-looking and lean, and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.

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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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