Genesis 41:18

Translations

Modern

…when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

Traditional

And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

Literal

…and behold, out of the River came up seven cows fat of flesh and beautiful of appearance, and they grazed among the reeds.

Latin

…et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.

Original

Hebrew

English

…when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

Notes

Genesis 41:17–24

Pharaoh recounted his dreams and testified that no human wisdom could interpret them.

Genesis 41:1–46

God had used two dreams to identify Joseph as a leader among his brothers (37:5–11). He used two dreams to test Joseph’s faith in prison (40:5–14). Now God used two more dreams to raise Joseph from prison to a place of high honor and authority.

Joseph had shown that he was faithful in small tasks. Now God would give him responsibility over greater things.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Pharaoh Symbolic Numbers Visions

Related verses

Jeremiah 24:5
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 24:1–3
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.
Jeremiah 24:8
But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.

Places

Nile: The major river of Egypt, mentioned in various contexts

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Butler Dreams Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Nile River Patriarchs, Period of the Prophecy Wheat

Topics

Dream: Pharaoh Egypt: Israel in Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams Heathen: Divine Revelations Given to Pharaoh Joseph: Son of Jacob of Pharaoh Prisoners: Joseph Promotion: Joseph, from Imprisoned Slave to Prince Servant: Good: Joseph Seven: Years of Abundance For Seven: Years: A Famine Lasted in Egypt For

Genesis 41:18

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