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 Yosef said to Par`oh, "The dream of Par`oh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Par`oh.

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