Pharaoh’s Dream

41 Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream, and behold, he was standing by the Nile. And behold, from the Nile seven cows came up, fine-looking and [a]fat; and they grazed in the (A)marsh grass. Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and [b]thin, and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile. Then the ugly and [c]thin cows ate the seven fine-looking and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 41:2 Lit fat of flesh
  2. Genesis 41:3 Lit thin of flesh
  3. Genesis 41:4 Lit thin of flesh

Pharaoh’s Dreams

41 When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream:(A) He was standing by the Nile,(B) when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat,(C) and they grazed among the reeds.(D) After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the riverbank. And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.(E)

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26 The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the [a]dreams are one and the same. 27 The seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind (A)will be seven years of famine.

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  1. Genesis 41:26 Lit dream is

26 The seven good cows(A) are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream. 27 The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.(B)

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