Genesis 41:19
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
Genesis 41:19 in other translations
| BSB | After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt! |
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| WEB | and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness. |
| ASV | and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: |
| YLT | and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean in flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness. |
| DARBY | And behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very ill-formed, and lean-fleshed — such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness. |
| BBE | Then after them came seven other cows, very thin and poor-looking, worse than any I ever saw in the land of Egypt; |
| Webster | And behold, seven other cows came out after them, poor, and very ill-favored, and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: |
What does Genesis 41:19 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 41:9-32
God's time for the enlargement of his people is the fittest time. If the chief butler had got Joseph to be released from prison, it is probable he would have gone back to the land of the Hebrews. Then he had neither been so blessed himself, nor such a blessing to his family, as afterwards he proved. Joseph, when introduced to Pharaoh, gives honour to God. Pharaoh had dreamed that he stood upon the bank of the river…
Genesis 41:19 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 41:18
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
- Genesis 41:19
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
- Genesis 41:20
And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
Genesis 41:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y que otras siete vacas subían después de ellas, flacas y de muy fea traza; tan extenuadas, que no he visto otras semejantes en toda la tierra de Egipto en fealdad: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et voici, sept autres vaches montaient après elles, chétives, et très laides à voir, et maigres de chair: je n’en ai pas vu de semblables en laideur dans tout le pays d’Égypte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und siehe, sieben andere Kühe stiegen nach ihnen herauf, dürr und sehr häßlich von Gestalt und mager an Fleisch; ich habe wie diese an Häßlichkeit keine gesehen im ganzen Lande Ägypten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ecce, has sequebantur aliæ septem boves, in tantum deformes et macilentæ, ut numquam tales in terra Ægypti viderim: |