Change Translation
- Recent Translations
- All Translations
20
And they devoured and consumed the former,
Videos for Genesis 41:20
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).
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Unlock Deeper Insights: Get Over 20 Commentaries with Plus! Subscribe Now
Genesis 41:20 In-Context
18
And seven kine came up out of the river, exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture.
19
And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt:
20
And they devoured and consumed the former,
21
And yet gave no mark of their being full: but were as lean and ill favoured as before. I awoke, and then fell asleep again,
22
And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn grew up upon one stalk, full and very fair.
The Douay-Rheims Bible is in the public domain.