Genesis 41:18

18 Seven cows, shimmering with health, came up out of the river and grazed on the marsh grass.

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, "Not I, but God. God will set Pharaoh's mind at ease."

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

18 Seven cows, shimmering with health, came up out of the river and grazed on the marsh grass.

19 On their heels seven more cows, all skin and bones, came up. I've never seen uglier cows anywhere in Egypt.

20 Then the seven skinny, ugly cows ate up the first seven healthy cows.