KJV King James Version
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
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Genesis 41:6
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
ASV American Standard Version
And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;
Surrounding context — Genesis 41
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.
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, [it was] a dream.
8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but [there was] none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
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Ezekiel 19:12But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.Ezekiel 17:10Yea, behold, [being] planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.Hosea 13:15Though he be fruitful among [his] brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
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