Genesis 41:18

18 Seven cows came up out of the river. They were fat and good-looking. They were eating the tall grass that was growing along the river.

Genesis 41:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:18

And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine
Cows or heifers, (See Gill on Genesis 41:2); the account of them is the same here as there, and of the place where they fed, only the words are transposed.

Genesis 41:18 In-Context

16 "I can't do it," Joseph replied to Pharaoh. "But God will give Pharaoh the answer he wants."

17 Then Pharaoh told Joseph what he had dreamed. He said, "I was standing on the bank of the Nile River.

18 Seven cows came up out of the river. They were fat and good-looking. They were eating the tall grass that was growing along the river.

19 "After them, seven other cows came up. They were bony and very ugly and thin. I had never seen such ugly cows in the whole land of Egypt.

20 "The thin, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first.