Genesis 41:20

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

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).

Genesis 41:20 In-Context

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.
21 But you couldn't tell by looking - after eating them up they were just as skinny and ugly as before. Then I woke up.
22 "In my second dream I saw seven ears of grain, full-bodied and lush, growing out of a single stalk,
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