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Genesis 41:23

What does Genesis 41:23 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 41:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

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WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And then I saw seven other heads, dry, thin, and wasted by the east wind, coming up after them:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Other seven also thin and blasted, sprung of the stalk:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them;

Context

v.22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good:

v.23This passage

v.24and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

Cross references

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

  • Hosea 8:7

    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

  • Genesis 41:6

    And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

  • Psalms 129:6

    Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

  • Hosea 9:16

    Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.

  • 2 Kings 19:26

    Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

  • Hosea 13:15

    Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the breath of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall make spoil of the treasure of all goodly vessels.

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