Genesis 41:18

18 and seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass;

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 Joseph answered Pharaoh, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer."

17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, in my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile;

18 and seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass;

19 and seven other cows came up after them, poor and very gaunt and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.

20 And the thin and gaunt cows ate up the first seven fat cows,