KJV King James Version
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
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Genesis 41:2
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.
ASV American Standard Version
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and lo, from the River coming up are seven kine, of fair appearance, and fat in flesh, and they feed among the reeds;
Surrounding context — Genesis 41
1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the [other] kine upon the brink of the river.
4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
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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.rahheiferיְפ֥וֹתH3303 · ya.phehbeautifulמַרְאֶ֖הH4758 · mar.ehappearanceוּבְרִיאֹ֣תH1277 · ba.rifatבָּשָׂ֑רH1320 · ba.sarfleshוַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָהH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsבָּאָֽחוּ׃H260 · a.chumeadow
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