Genesis 41:4

4 devoraveruntque eas quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat expergefactus Pharao

Genesis 41:4 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:4

And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven
well favoured and fat kine
So it seemed in the dream as if this was done, was very strange and surprising that animals should devour one another; and especially that tame ones, cows or heifers, should eat those of their own species, which was never known to be done: so Pharaoh awoke;
through surprise at the strange sight he had in his dream.

Genesis 41:4 In-Context

2 de quo ascendebant septem boves pulchrae et crassae nimis et pascebantur in locis palustribus
3 aliae quoque septem emergebant de flumine foedae confectaeque macie et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus
4 devoraveruntque eas quarum mira species et habitudo corporum erat expergefactus Pharao
5 rursum dormivit et vidit alterum somnium septem spicae pullulabant in culmo uno plenae atque formonsae
6 aliae quoque totidem spicae tenues et percussae uredine oriebantur
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