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And the thin and ugly cows ate the former seven healthy cows.
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Genesis 41:20 Meaning and Commentary
Genesis 41:20
And the lean and the ill favoured kine
The same as previously described; (See Gill on Genesis 41:4).
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Genesis 41:20 In-Context
18
and behold, seven cows, {well built and fat}, were coming up from the Nile, and they grazed among the reeds.
19
And behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, very {ugly and gaunt}--never have I seen [any] as them in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
20
And the thin and ugly cows ate the former seven healthy cows.
21
But [when] they went into their bellies it could not be known that they went into their bellies, for their appearance [was] as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke.
22
Then I saw in my dream and behold, seven ears of grain were coming out of one stalk, full and good.
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