Genesis 41:24

24 The thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. I told it to the magicians; but there was no one who could explain it to me."

Genesis 41:24 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:24

And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears
(See Gill on Genesis 41:7); and I told [this] unto the magicians;
just in the same manner as he had to Joseph: but [there was] none that could declare [it] unto me;
the meaning of it; what all this should signify or portend.

Genesis 41:24 In-Context

22 I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good:

23 and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

24 The thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. I told it to the magicians; but there was no one who could explain it to me."

25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.

26 The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years. The dream is one.