Genesis 41:24

24 And the thin ears of grain swallowed up the seven good ears of grain. And I told the magicians, but there was none to 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 Then I saw in my dream and behold, seven ears of grain were coming out of one stalk, full and good.

23 And behold, seven withered ears of grain, thin [and] scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

24 And the thin ears of grain swallowed up the seven good ears of grain. And I told the magicians, but there was none to explain [it] to me."

25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh [are] one. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

26 The seven good cows, they are seven years, and the seven good ears of grain, they [are] seven years. The dreams [are] one.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "soothsayer priests"