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This time he saw seven heads of grain, plump and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/41.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time. And behold, seven ears of grain, plump and good, were growing on one stalk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/41.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/41.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/41.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He slept and dreamed a second time; and suddenly seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, plump and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/41.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/41.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/41.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/41.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He again fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/41.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/41.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He fell asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and good, came up on one stalk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/41.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He fell asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/41.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, rank and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/41.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The king went back to sleep and had another dream. This time seven full heads of grain were growing on a single stalk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/41.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/41.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He fell asleep again and had a second dream. Seven good, healthy heads of grain were growing on a single stalk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/41.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He fell asleep again and had another dream. Seven heads of grain, full and ripe, were growing on one stalk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/41.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />After he had fallen back to sleep, he had a second dream, in which seven ears of plump, fruit-filled grain grew up on a single stalk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/41.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/41.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/41.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And he slept and dreamed a second time. And look, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/41.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he slept and dreamed the second time: and behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/41.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He slept and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/41.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he sleeps, and dreams a second time, and behold, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/41.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he sleepeth, and dreameth a second time, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/41.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will sleep, and will dream the second time, and behold seven ears coming upon one stalk, fat and good.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/41.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He slept again, and dreamed another dream: Seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and fair: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/41.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />slept again, and he saw another dream. Seven ears of grain sprung up on one stalk, full and well-formed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/41.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He fell asleep again and had another dream. He saw seven ears of grain, fat and healthy, growing on a single stalk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/41.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; seven ears of grain, plump and good, were growing on one stalk.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/41.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he slept and dreamed a second time; and, behold, seven ears of grain were growing on a single stalk, rank and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/41.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he slept and he dreamt a second time, and behold, seven ears of wheat came up on one stalk, full and good.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/41.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/41.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he dreamed again. And, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, choice and good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/41-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=10317" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/41.htm">The Dreams of Pharaoh</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up, <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3462.htm" title="3462: way·yî·šān (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To sleep. A primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. sleep; also to grow old, stale or inveterate.">but he fell back asleep</a> <a href="/hebrew/2492.htm" title="2492: way·ya·ḥă·lōm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To bind firmly, to be, plump, to dream. A primitive root; properly, to bind firmly, i.e. to be plump; also to dream.">and dreamed</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: šê·nîṯ (Number-ofsc) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">a second time:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘ (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">Seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/7641.htm" title="7641: šib·bo·lîm (N-fp) -- Ear (of grain). Or shibboleth; from the same as shebel; a stream; also an ear of grain; by analogy, a branch.">heads of grain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1277.htm" title="1277: bə·rî·’ō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Fat. From bara'; fatted or plump.">plump</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: wə·ṭō·ḇō·wṯ (Conj-w:: Adj-fp) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">and ripe,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ō·lō·wṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">came up</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">on one</a> <a href="/hebrew/7070.htm" title="7070: bə·qā·neh (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A stalk, reed. From qanah; a reed; by resemblance a rod, shaft, tube, stem, the radius, beam.">stalk.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/2-1.htm">Daniel 2:1-3</a></span><br />In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him. / So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king, / he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/4-5.htm">Daniel 4:5-9</a></span><br />I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me. / So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me. / When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-17.htm">Acts 2:17</a></span><br />‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28</a></span><br />And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-12.htm">Matthew 2:12-13</a></span><br />And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route. / When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-19.htm">Matthew 27:19</a></span><br />While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-14.htm">Job 33:14-16</a></span><br />For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices. / In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds, / He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-6.htm">Numbers 12:6</a></span><br />He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/7-13.htm">Judges 7:13-15</a></span><br />And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.” / His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.” / When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-5.htm">1 Kings 3:5</a></span><br />One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-20.htm">Matthew 1:20</a></span><br />But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-9.htm">Acts 16:9-10</a></span><br />During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” / As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5-10</a></span><br />Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. / He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: / We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/7-1.htm">Daniel 7:1</a></span><br />In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/28-6.htm">1 Samuel 28:6</a></span><br />He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up on one stalk, rank and good.</p><p class="hdg">seven ears.</p><p class="hdg">rank.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-14.htm">Deuteronomy 32:14</a></b></br> Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_peter/3-4.htm">Asleep</a> <a href="/genesis/27-37.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/genesis/41-1.htm">Dream</a> <a href="/genesis/41-1.htm">Dreamed</a> <a href="/genesis/37-9.htm">Dreameth</a> <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/genesis/41-4.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/genesis/35-5.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/genesis/41-1.htm">Full</a> <a href="/genesis/40-16.htm">Good</a> <a href="/genesis/37-7.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/genesis/30-43.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-18.htm">Growing</a> <a href="/genesis/8-5.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/3_john/1-2.htm">Healthy</a> <a href="/genesis/41-7.htm">Plump</a> <a href="/james/1-21.htm">Rank</a> <a href="/genesis/32-19.htm">Second</a> <a href="/genesis/41-4.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/29-20.htm">Single</a> <a href="/genesis/41-4.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/genesis/2-21.htm">Sleepeth</a> <a href="/genesis/38-18.htm">Slept</a> <a href="/john/19-29.htm">Stalk</a> <a href="/luke/7-24.htm">Stem</a> <a href="/genesis/40-4.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/4-21.htm">Asleep</a> <a href="/genesis/41-35.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/genesis/41-7.htm">Dream</a> <a href="/genesis/41-11.htm">Dreamed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-1.htm">Dreameth</a> <a href="/genesis/41-6.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/genesis/41-7.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/genesis/44-14.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/genesis/41-7.htm">Full</a> <a href="/genesis/41-7.htm">Good</a> <a href="/genesis/41-6.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/genesis/47-27.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/genesis/41-22.htm">Growing</a> <a href="/genesis/41-6.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/genesis/41-7.htm">Healthy</a> <a href="/genesis/41-7.htm">Plump</a> <a href="/genesis/41-7.htm">Rank</a> <a href="/genesis/41-43.htm">Second</a> <a href="/genesis/41-6.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/41-22.htm">Single</a> <a href="/genesis/41-21.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-47.htm">Sleepeth</a> <a href="/numbers/31-17.htm">Slept</a> <a href="/genesis/41-22.htm">Stalk</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-7.htm">Stem</a> <a href="/genesis/41-31.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 41</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/41-1.htm">Pharaoh has two dreams.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/41-9.htm">Joseph interprets them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/41-33.htm">He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly advanced, and married.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/41-46.htm">The seven years of plenty.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/41-50.htm">He begets children.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">53. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/41-53.htm">The famine begins.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near East, dreams were often considered a medium for divine communication. The repetition of dreams in Joseph's story (<a href="/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5-11</a>) and here with Pharaoh suggests the certainty and importance of the message. The act of falling back asleep and dreaming again underscores God's sovereignty in ensuring Pharaoh receives the full revelation needed for the future of Egypt and the surrounding nations.<p><b>Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe,</b><br>The number seven in biblical literature often symbolizes completeness or perfection, seen in the creation week (Genesis 1) and numerous other instances throughout Scripture. The heads of grain being "plump and ripe" suggest abundance and prosperity, which is later interpreted by Joseph as seven years of plenty (<a href="/genesis/41-26.htm">Genesis 41:26</a>). This imagery would resonate with an agrarian society like Egypt, where grain was a staple and a symbol of wealth and sustenance. The plumpness of the grain contrasts with the subsequent dream of thin and scorched heads, highlighting the impending famine.<p><b>came up on one stalk:</b><br>The image of multiple heads of grain on a single stalk signifies an extraordinary yield, further emphasizing the abundance to come. In the context of Egyptian agriculture, such a phenomenon would be seen as a divine blessing, as it defies natural expectations. This detail foreshadows the miraculous provision and the need for wise stewardship during the years of plenty. The singular stalk can also be seen as a type of unity and strength, which is later mirrored in Joseph's leadership and the unification of resources to save many lives during the famine.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt who experiences the dreams that Joseph later interprets. His dreams are pivotal in the account, leading to Joseph's rise to power.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, Joseph is the key figure who interprets Pharaoh's dreams. His God-given ability to interpret dreams is central to the unfolding events.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The setting of the account. Egypt is a powerful nation and the backdrop for Joseph's journey from slavery to leadership.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/dreams.htm">Dreams</a></b><br>The dreams are significant events in this chapter. They are divine messages that require interpretation, which Joseph provides.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/seven_heads_of_grain.htm">Seven Heads of Grain</a></b><br>Symbolic elements in Pharaoh's dream representing abundance. They are part of the imagery that Joseph interprets to predict seven years of plenty.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_dreams.htm">God's Sovereignty in Dreams</a></b><br>God communicates His plans through dreams, demonstrating His control over future events. Believers can trust in God's sovereign plan for their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_divine_wisdom.htm">The Role of Divine Wisdom</a></b><br>Joseph's ability to interpret dreams highlights the importance of seeking divine wisdom. Believers should pray for wisdom and discernment in their own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_the_future.htm">Preparation for the Future</a></b><br>The dream of the seven heads of grain signifies a time of preparation. Christians are called to be wise stewards of their resources, preparing for both spiritual and physical needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_in_times_of_need.htm">God's Provision in Times of Need</a></b><br>The dream foretells a period of abundance followed by famine. This reminds believers of God's provision and faithfulness, even in difficult times.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_41.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 41</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_joseph_rise_to_power_in_egypt.htm">How did Joseph rise to power in Egypt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_7_thin_cows_eat_7_healthy_cows.htm">Genesis 41:1-7: How is it scientifically or naturally possible for seven emaciated cows to devour seven healthy cows?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_one_plan_feed_nations_for_7_years.htm">Genesis 41:46-49: Could one man's administrative plan truly stockpile enough grain to feed an entire nation (and surrounding regions) for seven years?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_events_in_genesis.htm">What are the key events in the Book of Genesis?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/41.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Seven ears . . . upon one stalk.</span>--The wheat cultivated in Egypt is called <span class= "ital">triticum compositum, </span>because it produces several ears upon the same stalk. The statement of Herodotus (ii. 36), that the Egyptians regarded it as disgraceful to feed upon wheat or barley, is disproved by the paintings in the temples, especially in the district of Thebes, which show that it was the main crop there, and its cultivation held in high honour. Maspero, <span class= "ital">Hist. Ancienne, </span>p. 9, says, "In spite of Herodotus, the usual food of the people was wheat and other cereals, which the soil of Egypt produces in abundance."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/41.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he slept and dreamed the second time</span> (that same night): <span class="cmt_word">and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank</span> (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> fat) <span class="cmt_word">and good</span>. This clearly pointed to the corn of the Nile valley, the <span class="accented">triticum compositum</span>, which Bears seven ears upon one stalk. The assertion of Herodotus, that the Egyptians counted it a disgrace to live on wheat and barley (2:36), Wilkinson regards as incorrect, since "both wheat and barley are noticed in Lower Egypt long before Herodotus' time (<a href="/exodus/9-31.htm">Exodus 9:31, 32</a>), and the paintings of the Thebaid prove that they were grown extensively in that part of the country; they were among the offerings in the temples; and the king, at his coronation, cutting some ears of wheat, afterwards offered to the gods as the staple production of Egypt, shows how great a value was set on a grain which Herodotus would lead us to suppose was held in abhorrence" (Rawlinson's 'Hexodotus,' vol. 2. p. 49). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/41-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">but he fell back asleep</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּישָׁ֕ן</span> <span class="translit">(way·yî·šān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3462.htm">Strong's 3462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and dreamed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·ḥă·lōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2492.htm">Strong's 2492: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bind firmly, to be, plump, to dream</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a second time:</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁנִ֑ית</span> <span class="translit">(šê·nîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - ordinal feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Second (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֣בַע</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heads of grain,</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבֳּלִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(šib·bo·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7641.htm">Strong's 7641: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stream, an ear of grain, a branch</span><br /><br /><span class="word">plump</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִיא֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rî·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1277.htm">Strong's 1277: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fatted, plump</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and ripe,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטֹבֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭō·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasant, agreeable, good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came up</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹל֛וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on one</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stalk.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקָנֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qā·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7070.htm">Strong's 7070: </a> </span><span class="str2">A reed, a, rod, shaft, tube, stem, the radius, beam</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/41-5.htm">Genesis 41:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/41-5.htm">Genesis 41:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/41-5.htm">Genesis 41:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/41-5.htm">Genesis 41:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/41-5.htm">Genesis 41:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/41-5.htm">Genesis 41:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/41-5.htm">Genesis 41:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/41-5.htm">Genesis 41:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/41-5.htm">Genesis 41:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/41-5.htm">Genesis 41:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/41-5.htm">OT Law: Genesis 41:5 He slept and dreamed a second time: (Gen. 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