Genesis 41:20
The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows.
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- Gen 41:18-192 verses93%
18 Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.
19 Then seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows as these in all the land of Egypt!
- Gen 41:1-88 verses92%
1 Joseph’s Rise to Power At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,
2 seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.
3 Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river.
4 The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
5 Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.
6 Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.
7 The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.
8 In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
- Gen 41:26-316 verses89%
26 The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.
27 The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent seven years of famine.
28 This is just what I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.
30 But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.
31 The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.
- Gen 41:21-244 verses87%
21 When they had eaten them, no one would have known that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before. Then I woke up.
22 I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.
23 Then seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them.
24 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.”
- Gen 41:35-362 verses73%
35 They should gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh’s authority they should store up grain so the cities will have food, and they should preserve it.
36 This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.”
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20 “‘Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
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54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
- Gen 31:9-102 verses70%
9 In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
10 “Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
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11 Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.
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42 But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob.
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24 Moreover, the fat of an animal that has died of natural causes and the fat of an animal torn by beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must certainly never eat it.
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15 At the end of the ten days their appearance was better and their bodies were healthier than all the young men who had been eating the royal delicacies.
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7 “After these things, as I was watching in the night visions a fourth beast appeared– one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. It had two large rows of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.
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5 “Then a second beast appeared, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and there were three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told,‘Get up and devour much flesh!’
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17 Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.
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20 Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies.
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1 The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.
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33 72,000 cattle,
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44 36,000 cattle,
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6 He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had:
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20 Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”