KJV King James Version
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
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Genesis 41:18
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
WEB World English Bible
and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass,
ASV American Standard Version
and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat in flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;
Surrounding context — Genesis 41
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and [there is] none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, [that] thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they [were] still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהִנֵּ֣הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdמִן־H4480 · minfromהַיְאֹ֗רH2975 · ye.orNileעֹלֹת֙H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseשֶׁ֣בַעH7651 · she.vasevenפָּר֔וֹתH6510 · pa.rahheiferבְּרִיא֥וֹתH1277 · ba.rifatבָּשָׂ֖רH1320 · ba.sarfleshוִיפֹ֣תH3303 · ya.phehbeautifulתֹּ֑אַרH8389 · to.arappearanceוַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָהH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsבָּאָֽחוּ׃H260 · a.chumeadow
Cross-references
Jeremiah 24:5Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for [their] good.Jeremiah 24:1-3The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs [were] set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.Jeremiah 24:8And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
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