Genesis 41:21
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And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
In other translations
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
Hebrew words
וַתָּבֹאנָהvatavonahand they wentH935אֶל־'el-intoH413קִרְבֶּנָהkirbenahinward part[s] theirH7130וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808נוֹדַעnoda'it was knownH3045כִּי־ki-thatH3588בָאוּva'uthey had goneH935אֶל־'el-intoH413קִרְבֶּנָהkirbenahinward part[s] theirH7130וּמַרְאֵיהֶןumar'eihenand appearance theirH4758רַעra'[was] displeasingH7451כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834בַּתְּחִלָּהbatechilahat the beginningH8462וָאִיקָץ׃va'ikatzand I awokeH3364
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