Genesis 41:23
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
Genesis 41:23 in other translations
| BSB | After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind. |
|---|---|
| WEB | and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. |
| ASV | and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: |
| YLT | and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them; |
| DARBY | And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them; |
| BBE | And then I saw seven other heads, dry, thin, and wasted by the east wind, coming up after them: |
| Webster | And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: |
What does Genesis 41:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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…
Genesis 41:23 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.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for Genesis 41:23
- 2 Kings 19:26
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
- Psalms 129:6-7
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
- Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
- Hosea 13:15
Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
- Genesis 41:6
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
- Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6; 2Ki 19:26; Ps 129:6,7; Ho 8:7; 9:16; 13:15
blasted.All the mischief done to corn or fruit by blasting, smutting, mildew, etc. are attributed to the east wind. (See Parallel Passages.) In Egypt it is peculiarly destructive, because it comes through the parched deserts of Arabia, often destroying vast numbers of people. The destructive nature of the {Sam, Simoom, Smoom,} or {Samiel,} is mentioned by almost all travellers. When this pestilential wind advances, its approach is indicated by a redness in the air. The principal stream of the blast always moves in a line of about 20 yards in breadth, and 12 feet above the surface of the earth; but its parching influence pervades all places to a considerable distance. The only means of preservation from its noxious influence is to lie flat, with the face upon the ground, till the blast be over. Camels and other animals instinctively perceive its approach, and bury their mouths and nostrils in the ground. It rarely last more than seven or eight minutes, but so poisonous are its effects, that it instantly suffocates those who are unfortunate enough to inhale it.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 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:
- Genesis 41:24
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
Genesis 41:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y que otras siete espigas menudas, marchitas, abatidas del Solano, subían después de ellas: |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et voici, sept épis desséchés, pauvres, brûlés par le vent d’orient, germaient après eux; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und siehe, sieben Ähren, dürftig, mager, vom Ostwinde versengt, sproßten nach ihnen auf; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Aliæ quoque septem tenues et percussæ uredine, oriebantur e stipula: |