Genesis 41:3

3 Then seven more cows came up out of the river, but they were thin and ugly. They stood beside the seven beautiful cows on the bank of the Nile.

Genesis 41:3 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:3

And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the
river, ill favoured, and leanfleshed
Thin and haggard, their bones stuck out, having scarce any flesh upon them, and made a wretched figure: and stood by the [other] kine;
and looked so much the worse, when compared with them: upon the brink of the river;
it not being overflowed, so that there was no grass to be had, but just upon the bank, where these kept for that purpose; for the fruitfulness of Egypt was owing to the river Nile; as that overflowed or did not, there was plenty or famine; hence both these sorts of creatures came up out of that.

Genesis 41:3 In-Context

1 Two years later the king dreamed he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.

2 He saw seven fat and beautiful cows come up out of the river, and they stood there, eating the grass.

3 Then seven more cows came up out of the river, but they were thin and ugly. They stood beside the seven beautiful cows on the bank of the Nile.

4 The seven thin and ugly cows ate the seven beautiful fat cows. Then the king woke up.

5 The king slept again and dreamed a second time. In his dream he saw seven full and good heads of grain growing on one stalk.