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I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/41.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But then I saw seven sick-looking cows, scrawny and thin, come up after them. I’ve never seen such sorry-looking animals in all the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/41.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/41.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/41.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/41.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/41.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land of Egypt;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/41.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land of Egypt;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/41.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land of Egypt;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/41.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and lean, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt, in regard to ugliness;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/41.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Lo, seven other cows came up after them, very ugly and gaunt [just skin and bones]; such emaciated animals as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/41.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After them, seven other cows—weak, very sickly, and thin—came up. I’ve never seen such sickly ones as these in all the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/41.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After them, seven other cows—ugly, very sickly, and thin—came up. I&#8217ve never seen such ugly ones as these in all the land of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/41.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/41.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Next, seven skinny, bony cows came up out of the river. I have never seen such terrible looking cows anywhere in Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/41.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/41.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Seven other cows came up behind them. These cows were scrawny, very sick, and thin. I've never seen such sickly cows in all of Egypt!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/41.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then seven other cows came up which were thin and bony. They were the poorest cows I have ever seen anywhere in Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/41.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Just then, seven other cows emerged after them, poor, ugly, and appearing very gaunt in their flesh. I've never seen anything as ugly as those cows anywhere in the entire land of Egypt! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/41.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After them, seven other cows?sickly, ugly, and thin?came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/41.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows as these in all the land of Egypt!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/41.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And look, seven other cows came up after them, scrawny and very miserable-looking and thin. I had never seen such bad-looking cows in all the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/41.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And behold, seven other cows came out after them, poor, and very ill-favored, and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/41.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/41.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and behold, seven other cows are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean [in] flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/41.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean in flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/41.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And behold, seven other heifers coming up after them, poor and evil exceedingly, in form, and thin in flesh I saw not like them in all the land of Egypt for evil.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/41.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/41.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And behold, there followed after these, another seven cows, with such deformity and emaciation as I had never seen in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/41.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Behind them came seven other cows, scrawny, most ill-formed and gaunt. Never have I seen such bad specimens as these in all the land of Egypt!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/41.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then seven other cows came up after them, poor, very ugly, and thin. Never had I seen such ugly ones in all the land of Egypt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/41.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And, behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and ill-favored and lean. I had never seen such ill-favored cows in all the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/41.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And behold seven other cows arise after them, skinny and their appearance bad and very sickly in their flesh, and I had not seen any so bad in all the land of Egypt:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/41.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/41.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And behold seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil and ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such that I never saw worse in all the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/41-19.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=10427" 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">Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê·hen (Prep:: 3fp) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">After them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1803.htm" title="1803: dal·lō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- From dalah; properly, something dangling, i.e. A loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent."></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/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">other</a> <a href="/hebrew/6510.htm" title="6510: pā·rō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A heifer, cow. Feminine of par; a heifer.">cows—</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: wə·rā·‘ō·wṯ (Conj-w:: Adj-fpc) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">sickly,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8389.htm" title="8389: tō·’ar (N-ms) -- Outline, form. From ta'ar; outline, i.e. Figure or appearance.">ugly,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7534.htm" title="7534: wə·raq·qō·wṯ (Conj-w:: Adj-fpc) -- Thin, only, altogether, surely. From raqaq in its original sense; emaciated.">and thin</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bā·śār (N-ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">—</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/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I have never</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rā·’î·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">seen</a> <a href="/hebrew/7455.htm" title="7455: lā·rō·a‘ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Badness, evil. From ra'a'; badness, physically or morally.">such ugly</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḵā·hên·nāh (Prep-k:: Pro-3fp) -- ">cows</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt!</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.…<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="/exodus/7-19.htm">Exodus 7:19-21</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.” / Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood. / The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Exodus 9:3-6</a></span><br />then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks. / But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’” / The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-15.htm">Exodus 10:15</a></span><br />They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-16.htm">Psalm 105:16</a></span><br />He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-5.htm">Isaiah 19:5-7</a></span><br />The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. / The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither. / The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27</a></span><br />Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6</a></span><br />This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: / “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. / The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/17-9.htm">Ezekiel 17:9-10</a></span><br />So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots. / Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/19-12.htm">Ezekiel 19:12-14</a></span><br />But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them. / Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. / Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10-12</a></span><br />The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. / Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a></span><br />“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/1-11.htm">Haggai 1:11</a></span><br />I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-6.htm">Matthew 13:6</a></span><br />But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19</a></span><br />Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-7.htm">Mark 4:7</a></span><br />Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And, behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ill favored and skinney, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:</p><p class="hdg">poor.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/3-10.htm">Ruth 3:10</a></b></br> And he said, Blessed <i>be</i> thou of the LORD, my daughter: <i>for</i> thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/29-17.htm">Badness</a> <a href="/genesis/41-18.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/41-18.htm">Cows</a> <a href="/genesis/41-8.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/genesis/41-18.htm">Favored</a> <a href="/genesis/41-4.htm">Gaunt</a> <a href="/genesis/41-4.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/genesis/41-4.htm">Ill-Favored</a> <a href="/genesis/41-4.htm">Ill-Favoured</a> <a href="/genesis/41-18.htm">Kine</a> <a href="/genesis/41-4.htm">Leanfleshed</a> <a href="/revelation/13-16.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/genesis/41-3.htm">Poor-Looking</a> <a href="/genesis/41-18.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/41-7.htm">Thin</a> <a href="/genesis/41-4.htm">Ugly</a> <a href="/genesis/19-9.htm">Worse</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/24-3.htm">Badness</a> <a href="/genesis/41-20.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/41-20.htm">Cows</a> <a href="/genesis/41-29.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/genesis/41-20.htm">Favored</a> <a href="/genesis/41-20.htm">Gaunt</a> <a href="/genesis/41-20.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/genesis/41-20.htm">Ill-Favored</a> <a href="/genesis/41-20.htm">Ill-Favoured</a> <a href="/genesis/41-20.htm">Kine</a> <a href="/genesis/41-3.htm">Leanfleshed</a> <a href="/genesis/42-12.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/genesis/41-3.htm">Poor-Looking</a> <a href="/genesis/41-20.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/41-20.htm">Thin</a> <a href="/genesis/41-20.htm">Ugly</a> <a href="/exodus/11-6.htm">Worse</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/41.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/41.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up.</b><br>This phrase is part of Pharaoh's dream, which Joseph interprets. The number seven is significant in biblical numerology, often symbolizing completeness or perfection. The seven cows represent seven years, as Joseph later explains. The sickly, ugly, and thin cows symbolize a period of famine that will follow seven years of abundance. Cows were a common symbol of fertility and prosperity in ancient Egypt, making their sickly appearance particularly ominous. This imagery underscores the severity of the impending famine. The dream's setting by the Nile River, a lifeline for Egypt, emphasizes the nation's dependence on agriculture and the devastating impact of a failed harvest.<p><b>I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!</b><br>This statement highlights the unprecedented nature of the coming famine. Egypt, known for its fertile land and agricultural wealth, had likely never experienced such a severe shortage. The emphasis on the ugliness of the cows serves to stress the unnatural and alarming nature of the vision. This phrase also reflects Pharaoh's genuine concern and the urgency of the situation, prompting him to seek an interpretation. The severity of the famine can be seen as a divine warning, and Joseph's role in interpreting the dream foreshadows his rise to power and his role as a savior figure, prefiguring Christ's role as a savior in the New Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt who has troubling dreams that need interpretation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>A Hebrew man, known for his ability to interpret dreams, who is called upon to explain Pharaoh's dreams.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where these events take place, a powerful nation in the ancient world.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/cows.htm">Cows</a></b><br>Symbolic in Pharaoh's dream, representing years of abundance and famine.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/dream.htm">Dream</a></b><br>A divine message given to Pharaoh, which Joseph interprets as a prophecy of future events.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_revelation.htm">God's Sovereignty in Revelation</a></b><br>God uses dreams to communicate His plans, demonstrating His control over history and His ability to reveal future events to those He chooses.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_god's_servants.htm">The Role of God's Servants</a></b><br>Joseph's ability to interpret dreams highlights the importance of being faithful and ready to serve God, even in difficult circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_the_future.htm">Preparation for the Future</a></b><br>The dream's message about famine teaches the importance of preparing for future challenges, relying on God's wisdom and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>Joseph's rise to prominence after interpreting the dream shows that God's timing is perfect, and we must trust His plan for our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_obedience.htm">The Impact of Obedience</a></b><br>Joseph's obedience to God not only saves Egypt but also preserves his own family, illustrating how our faithfulness can have far-reaching effects.<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/what_does_being_one_with_christ_mean.htm">What does Zaphenath-Paneah mean?</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/evidence_of_egypt's_7-year_famine.htm">Genesis 41:30-31: Where is the historical or archeological evidence of a widespread seven-year famine affecting Egypt so severely?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_genesis_40_dreams_conflict_with_others.htm">Do the dream accounts and their outcomes in Genesis 40 conflict with any other dream narratives in the Bible regarding divine intervention?</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>(19) <span class= "bld">Poor and very ill-favoured and leanfleshed.</span>--Pharaoh, in his recital, describes his dreams at greater length than is the case in the narrative (<a href="/context/genesis/41-2.htm" title="And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored cows and fat; and they fed in a meadow.">Genesis 41:2-7</a>), and also mentions the impressions made upon his imagination by what he had seen, as, for instance, that he had never beheld such lean cattle, and that they were as wretched in look after eating up the fat kine as before. There is also a slight difference in his description of the kine. In <a href="/genesis/41-3.htm" title="And, behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill favored and skinney; and stood by the other cows on the brink of the river.">Genesis 41:3</a> they are called "evil in appearance, and lean of flesh;" but the words here are "lean, and evil in shape, and thin of flesh."<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/41-19.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">After them,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê·hen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶֽׁבַע־</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">other</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחֵרוֹת֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥê·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hinder, next, other</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cows,</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּר֤וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(pā·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6510.htm">Strong's 6510: </a> </span><span class="str2">A heifer, cow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sickly,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָע֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·‘ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ugly,</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּ֛אַר</span> <span class="translit">(tō·’ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8389.htm">Strong's 8389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Outline, figure, appearance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and thin,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרַקּ֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·raq·qō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7534.htm">Strong's 7534: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thin, only, altogether, surely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came up.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹל֣וֹת</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">I have never</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seen</span><br /><span class="heb">רָאִ֧יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(rā·’î·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">such ugly</span><br /><span class="heb">לָרֹֽעַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·rō·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7455.htm">Strong's 7455: </a> </span><span class="str2">Badness, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[cows]</span><br /><span class="heb">כָהֵ֛נָּה</span> <span class="translit">(ḵā·hên·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2007.htm">Strong's 2007: </a> </span><span class="str2">Themselves</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in all</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Egypt!</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/41-19.htm">Genesis 41:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/41-19.htm">Genesis 41:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/41-19.htm">Genesis 41:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/41-19.htm">Genesis 41:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/41-19.htm">Genesis 41:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/41-19.htm">Genesis 41:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/41-19.htm">Genesis 41:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/41-19.htm">Genesis 41:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/41-19.htm">Genesis 41:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/41-19.htm">Genesis 41:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/41-19.htm">OT Law: Genesis 41:19 And behold seven other cattle came up (Gen. 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