Genesis 41:19

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.

Genesis 41:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:19

And, behold, seven other kine
Here some addition is made: these are said not only to be very ill favoured, and leanfleshed, (See Gill on Genesis 41:3), but poor,
thin, meagre, exhausted of their flesh and strength through some disease upon them, or want of food: and it follows, what was not before expressed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt, for badness;
so poor, so lean, and so ill favoured; for whatever might be seen in other countries, never were such seen in Egypt, which was famous for good cattle.

Genesis 41:19 In-Context

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,
21 but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as gaunt as at the beginning. Then I awoke.
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