Genesis 41:24
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. So I told this to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
'The thin ears of grain swallowed up the seven good ears. I told this to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.'
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
And the thynne eares deuowred the.vij. good cares. And I haue tolde it vnto the sothsayers but no man can tell me what it meaneth.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
and the seuen thynne eares deuoured the seuen good eares. And I haue shewed it vnto my soithsayers, but they can tell me nothinge therof.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the thinne eares deuoured the seuen good eares. Nowe I haue tolde the soothsayers, and none can declare it vnto me.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the thinne eares deuoured the seuen good eares: and I haue tolde the southsayers, but there was no man that coulde tell what it meaneth.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told [this] unto the magicians; but [there was] none that could declare [it] to me.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians; but there was no one who could explain it to me."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.'
American Standard Version (1901)
and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
American Standard Version (1901)
and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.
World English Bible (2000)
The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning.”
Referenced Verses
- Gen 41:8 : 8 In the morning, his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for Pharaoh.
- Dan 4:7 : 7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.
- Exod 8:19 : 19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as the LORD had said.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 41:1-88 verses87%
1At the end of two full years, Pharaoh had a dream, and saw himself standing by the river.
2And saw seven well-favored and fat-fleshed cows come up out of the river, and they grazed in a meadow.
3Then seven other cows, poor and thin-fleshed, came up after them out of the river, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the river.
4And the poor and thin-fleshed cows ate up the seven well-favored and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.
5Then he slept and dreamed a second time, and saw seven ears of corn come up on one stalk, full and ripe.
6Then seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.
7And the thin ears swallowed the seven full and ripe ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and indeed, it was a dream.
8In the morning, his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for Pharaoh.
- Gen 41:17-237 verses84%
17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, I stood on the bank of the river.
18And saw seven cows come up out of the river, fat-fleshed and well-favored, and they grazed in a meadow.
19Then seven other cows came up after them, poor, very ugly and thin, which I had never seen in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
20And the thin and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
21When they had devoured them, it could not be known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as before. So I awoke.
22Then I saw in my dream, and saw seven ears come up on one stalk, full and good.
23Then seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.
- Gen 41:25-317 verses81%
25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
26The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.
27And the seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears scorched by the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28This is the thing that I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
29Seven years of great abundance will come throughout all the land of Egypt.
30But after them seven years of famine will arise, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will consume the land.
31The abundance in the land will not be known because of the famine that will follow, for it will be very severe.
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15And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you, that you can understand a dream to interpret it.
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6And he said to them, Listen, I pray you, to this dream which I have dreamed:
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8And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams, please.
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7Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.
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47During the seven plentiful years the earth produced abundantly.
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36This food shall be in reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not perish during the famine.
- Gen 41:11-122 verses69%
11And we each had a dream in one night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.
12There with us was a young Hebrew man, a servant of the captain of the guard, and we told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us, to each man according to his dream.
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54And the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. The famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
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16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and behold, I had three white baskets on my head: