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Genesis 41:27

What does Genesis 41:27 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 41:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them, and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind, are seven years of famine to come:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears, parched with the east wind, will be seven years of famine.

Context

v.26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

v.27This passage

v.28That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh.

Cross references

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

  • 2 Samuel 24:19

    And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Jehovah commanded.

  • 2 Kings 8:1

    Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

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