Genesis 41:24

24 and the thin ears swallowed up the healthy ears. I told the religious experts, but they couldn't 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 went to sleep again and saw in my dream seven full and healthy ears of grain growing on one stalk.

23 Just then, seven hard and thin ears of grain, scorched by the east wind, sprouted after them,

24 and the thin ears swallowed up the healthy ears. I told the religious experts, but they couldn't explain it to me."

25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh has actually had one dream. God has announced to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

26 The seven healthy cows are seven years, and the seven healthy ears of grain are seven years. It's actually one dream.

Footnotes

• [a] Or magicians