Genesis 41:27
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And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
In other translations
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
Hebrew words
וְשֶׁבַעvesheva'and sevenH7651הַפָּרוֹתhaparotthe cowsH6510הָרַקּוֹתharakot<the> thinH7534וְהָרָעֹתvehara'otand <the> displeasingH7451הָעֹלֹתha'olotthat were coming upH5927אַחֲרֵיהֶן'achareihenafter themH310שֶׁבַעsheva'[are] sevenH7651שָׁנִיםshanimyearsH8141הֵנָּהhenahtheyH2007וְשֶׁבַעvesheva'and sevenH7651הַשִׁבֳּלִיםhashibolimthe ears of grainH7641הָרֵקוֹתharekot<the> emptyH7386שְׁדֻפוֹתshedufot<the> scorched ofH7710הַקָּדִיםhakadimthe east windH6921יִהְיוּyihyuthey will beH1961שֶׁבַעsheva'sevenH7651שְׁנֵיsheneiyears ofH8141רָעָב׃ra'avfamineH7458
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Related verses
- 2 Kings 8:1Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”
- 2 Samuel 24:19And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
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