Genesis 41:2
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
Genesis 41:2 in other translations
| BSB | when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds. |
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| WEB | Behold, seven cattle came up out of the river. They were sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass. |
| ASV | And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass. |
| YLT | and lo, from the River coming up are seven kine, of fair appearance, and fat in flesh, and they feed among the reeds; |
| DARBY | And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fine-looking and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed-grass. |
| BBE | And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass. |
| Webster | And behold, there came up out of the river seven well-favored cows and fat-fleshed; and they fed in a meadow. |
What does Genesis 41:2 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 41:1-8
The means of Joseph's being freed from prison were Pharaoh's dreams, as here related. Now that God no longer speaks to us in that way, it is no matter how little we either heed dreams, or tell them. The telling of foolish dreams can make no better than foolish talk. But these dreams showed that they were sent of God; when he awoke, Pharaoh's spirit was troubled.
Genesis 41:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 41:2
- Isaiah 19:6
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
17-27
a meadow.Or, rather, "on, or among the reeds or sedges;" for so {achoo} is generally supposed to denote (see Job 8:11); so called, according to Mr. Parkhurst, from its fitness for making ropes, or the like, to connect or join things together, from {achah,} to join, connect: thus the Latin {juncus,} a bulrush, {a jungendo,} from joining, for the same reason. He supposes it to be that sort of reed growing near the Nile which Hasselquist describes as "having scarce any branches, but numerous leaves, which are narrow, smooth, channelled on the upper surface, and the plant about eleven feet high. The Egyptians make ropes of the leaves."
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Genesis 41:1
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
- Genesis 41:2
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
- Genesis 41:3
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
Genesis 41:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y que del río subían siete vacas, hermosas á la vista, y muy gordas, y pacían en el prado: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et voici, du fleuve montaient sept vaches, belles à voir, et grasses de chair, et elles paissaient dans les roseaux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und siehe, aus dem Strome stiegen sieben Kühe herauf, schön von Ansehen und fett an Fleisch, und sie weideten im Riedgrase. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | de quo ascendebant septem boves, pulchræ et crassæ nimis: et pascebantur in locis palustribus. |