Genesis 41:23

Behold, seven more heads—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind—sprang up after them.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

22I looked in my dream, and, behold, seven heads came up upon one stalk, full and good.

24The thin heads swallowed up the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but there was none that could explain it to me.”

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:26Their inhabitants, of little strength, 2 are shattered and ashamed. 1 They are plants in the field, 2 green grass, 1 the grass on the roof or in the field, 2 burned before it has grown up. 1

Hosea 8:7For the people sow the wind 1 and reap the whirlwind. 1 The standing grain has no heads; 1 it yields no flour. 1 If it does come to maturity, 1 foreigners will devour it. 1

Hosea 13:15Though Ephraim is prosperous among his brothers, 1 an east wind will come; 1 the wind of Yahweh will blow in from the wilderness. 1 Ephraim's spring will dry up, 1 and his well will have no water. 1 His enemy will plunder his storehouse of every precious object. 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:18-33

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream. ( b. c. 1715.) 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: 18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: 20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: 21 And when they had eaten… Read the whole commentary →

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