Genesis 41:24

24 and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. But when I told it to the magicians, there was no one who could 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 I fell asleep a second time and I saw in my dream seven ears of grain, full and good, growing on one stalk,
23 and seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouting after them;
24 and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. But when I told it to the magicians, there was no one who could explain it to me."
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one and the same; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.
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