Genesis 41:4

4 The ugly and thin cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. And Pharaoh awoke.

Genesis 41:4 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:4

And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven
well favoured and fat kine
So it seemed in the dream as if this was done, was very strange and surprising that animals should devour one another; and especially that tame ones, cows or heifers, should eat those of their own species, which was never known to be done: so Pharaoh awoke;
through surprise at the strange sight he had in his dream.

Genesis 41:4 In-Context

2 and there came up out of the Nile seven sleek and fat cows, and they grazed in the reed grass.

3 Then seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.

4 The ugly and thin cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. And Pharaoh awoke.

5 Then he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; seven ears of grain, plump and good, were growing on one stalk.

6 Then seven ears, thin and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them.