Genesis 41:19

And 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

18When lo! out of the river, were coming up seven heifers, fat in flesh and comely in form,—and they fed among the rushes.

20Then did the lean and uncomely heifers eat up the first seven fat heifers;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:1Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Yahweh thy God a bullock or a sheep wherein is a blemish, any unseemly thing: for an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, it would be.

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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