Genesis 41:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 8:1 : 1 And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had revived, saying, `Rise and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn where thou dost sojourn, for Jehovah hath called for a famine, and also, it is coming unto the land seven years.'
  • 2 Sam 24:19 : 19 and David goeth up, according to the word of Gad, as Jehovah commanded.

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  • Gen 41:18-26
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    89%

    18and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat `in' flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;

    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.

    20`And the lean and the bad kine eat up the first seven fat kine,

    21and they come in unto their midst, and it hath not been known that they have come in unto their midst, and their appearance `is' bad as at the commencement; and I awake.

    22`And I see in my dream, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good;

    23and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

    24and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.'

    25And Joseph saith unto Pharaoh, `The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he hath declared to Pharaoh;

    26the seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one;

  • Gen 41:1-8
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    1And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River,

    2and lo, from the River coming up are seven kine, of fair appearance, and fat `in' flesh, and they feed among the reeds;

    3and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean `in' flesh, and they stand near the kine on the edge of the River,

    4and the kine of bad appearance and lean `in' flesh eat up the seven kine of fair appearance, and fat -- and Pharaoh awaketh.

    5And he sleepeth, and dreameth a second time, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,

    6and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

    7and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears -- and Pharaoh awaketh, and lo, a dream.

    8And it cometh to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sendeth and calleth all the scribes of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounteth to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 41:28-31
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    28this `is' the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: That which God is doing, he hath shewn Pharaoh.

    29`Lo, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,

    30and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine hath finished the land,

    31and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterwards, for it `is' very grievous.

  • Gen 41:34-36
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    34let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty,

    35and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh -- food in the cities; and they have kept `it',

    36and the food hath been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.'

  • Gen 41:53-54
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    53And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,

    54and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;

  • 6`Because these two years the famine `is' in the heart of the land, and yet `are' five years, `in' which there is neither ploughing nor harvest;

  • 47and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.

  • 11`And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

  • 11and I have nourished thee there -- for yet `are' five years of famine -- lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.

  • 6And he saith unto them, `Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

  • 1And the famine `is' severe in the land;

  • 18And that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, `We do not hide from my lord, that since the money hath been finished, and possession of the cattle `is' unto my lord, there hath not been left before my lord save our bodies, and our ground;

  • 57and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

  • 13And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine `is' very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because of the famine;