Genesis 41:18

When lo! out of the river, were coming up seven heifers, fat in flesh and comely in form,—and they fed among the rushes.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Then spake Pharaoh unto Joseph,—In my dream, there was I, standing on the lip of the river;

19And lo! seven other heifers, coming up after them, poor and very uncomely in form and lean in flesh,—I had never seen such in all the land of Egypt, for uncomeliness.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 24:5Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, Like these good figs, so, will I regard them of Judah who are carried into captivity, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.

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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