Genesis 41:5

And he fell asleep, and dreamed a second time, when lo! seven ears, coming up on one stalk fat and good;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

In Context

4Then did the heifers that were uncomely in appearance, and lean in flesh, eat up, the seven heifers that were comely in appearance and fat. So Pharaoh awoke.

6and lo! seven ears, lean and shrivelled by an east wind, coming up after them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:14Curds of kine and milk of sheep,—With fat of well-fed lambs, Yea rams bred in Bashan, and he-goats, With the white of the kernels of wheat,—And, the blood of the grape, thou didst drink as it foamed.

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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