Genesis 41:18

18 In front of me, seven fattened, stout cows climbed up out of the Nile and grazed on the reeds.

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's not me. God will give Pharaoh a favorable response."

17 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile.

18 In front of me, seven fattened, stout cows climbed up out of the Nile and grazed on the reeds.

19 Just then, seven other cows, weak and frail and thin, climbed up after them. I've never seen such awful cows in all the land of Egypt.

20 Then the thin, frail cows devoured the first seven, fattened cows.