Bereshis 41:20

20 And the lean and the ra’ot cows did eat up the first seven fat cows;

Bereshis 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).

Bereshis 41:20 In-Context

18 And, hinei, there came up out of the Nile seven cows beri’ot basar (fat in body) and sleek of form; and they grazed by the riverbank.

19 And, hinei, seven other cows came up after them, dalot (poor, scrawny, thin) and ra’ot to’ar me’od (very ugly in appearance) and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in kol Eretz Mitzrayim, unacceptably bad;

20 And the lean and the ra’ot cows did eat up the first seven fat cows;

21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still rah in appearance, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

22 And I saw in my chalom, and, hinei, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, mele’ot (full) and tovot (good);