Genesis 41:26

26 The seven healthy cows are seven years and the seven healthy ears of grain are seven years - they're the same dream.

Genesis 41:26 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:26

The seven good kine [are] seven years
Signify seven years, and these years of plenty, as appears from the antithesis in ( Genesis 41:26 ) : and the seven good ears [are] seven years;
signify the same: the dream [is] one;
for though the seven good kine were seen in one dream, the seven good ears in another, yet both dreams were one as to signification.

Genesis 41:26 In-Context

24 And the thin ears swallowed up the full ears. I've told all this to the magicians but they can't figure it out."
25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's two dreams both mean the same thing. God is telling Pharaoh what he is going to do.
26 The seven healthy cows are seven years and the seven healthy ears of grain are seven years - they're the same dream.
27 The seven sick and ugly cows that followed them up are seven years and the seven scrawny ears of grain dried out by the east wind are the same - seven years of famine.
28 "The meaning is what I said earlier: God is letting Pharaoh in on what he is going to do.
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