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Genesis 41:18

What does Genesis 41:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 41:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat <FI>in<Fi> flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And seven kine came up out of the river, exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and of fine form, and they fed in the reed-grass.

Context

v.17And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:

v.18This passage

v.19and, 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:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 24:8

    And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt,

  • Jeremiah 24:5

    Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.

  • Jeremiah 24:1

    Jehovah showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

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