Genesis 41:18

and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat [in] flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;

Young's Literal Translation

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

17And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph: 'In my dream, lo, I am standing by the edge of the River,

19and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean [in] flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 24:5Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Like these good figs so do I acknowledge The removed of Judah — that I sent from this place, [To] 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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