Genesis 41 · Verse 22

Genesis 41:22

And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
Genesis 41:22, King James Version

Genesis 41:22 in other translations

BSBIn my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
WEBI saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good;
ASVAnd I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good:
YLT‘And I see in my dream, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good;
DARBYAnd I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good.
BBEAnd again in a dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stem:
WebsterAnd I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good:

What does Genesis 41:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears--that is, of Egyptian wheat, which, when "full and good," is remarkable in size (a single seed sprouting into seven, ten, or fourteen stalks) and each stalk bearing an ear.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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…

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Genesis 41:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאֵ֖רֶאva.'E.re'and I sawH7200
בַּחֲלֹמִ֑יba.cha.lo.Miin dream myH2472
וְהִנֵּ֣ה\׀ve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
שֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'sevenH7651
שִׁבֳּלִ֗יםshi.bo.Limears of grainH7641
עֹלֹ֛ת'o.Lot[were] coming upH5927
בְּקָנֶ֥הbe.ka.Nehon a stalkH7070
אֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadoneH259
מְלֵאֹ֥תme.le.'OtfullH4392
וְטֹבֽוֹת\׃ve.to.Votand goodH2896

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Genesis 41:21

    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.

  • Genesis 41:22

    And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

  • Genesis 41:23

    And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

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Genesis 41:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Vi también soñando, que siete espigas subían en una misma caña llenas y hermosas;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et je vis dans mon songe; et voici, sept épis montaient sur une seule tige, pleins et bons;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich sah in meinem Traume, und siehe, sieben Ähren wuchsen auf an einem Halme, voll und schön.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		vidi somnium. Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque pulcherrimæ.