Genesis 41:6
and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
In Context
7and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears — and Pharaoh awaketh, and lo, a dream.
Cross References
Ezekiel 17:10And lo, the planted thing — doth it prosper? When come against it doth the east wind, Doth it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withereth.'
Hosea 13:15Though he among brethren produceth fruit, Come in doth an east wind, a wind of Jehovah, From a wilderness it is coming up, And it drieth up his fountain, And become dry doth his spring, It — it spoileth a treasure — every desirable vessel.
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 →