Genesis 41:6

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

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And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

In Context

5Afterward he slept and had a second dream and saw seven ears, plump and good, growing up on one stalk.

7The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump, full ears. Then Pharaoh woke up, and realized that it was a dream.

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Cross References

Hosea 13:15Though he is flourishing among his brothers, there will come an east wind, the Lord’s wind, coming up from the wilderness. His fountain will dry up, his spring will be parched. The wind will strip the treasury, all the precious things.

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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