Genesis 41:26
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
Genesis 41:26 in other translations
| BSB | The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning. |
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| WEB | The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one. |
| ASV | The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. |
| YLT | the seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one; |
| DARBY | The seven fine kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. |
| BBE | The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense. |
| Webster | The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. |
What does Genesis 41:26 mean?
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 41:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 41:26
- 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 41:47
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
- Exodus 12:11
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s passover.
- Genesis 41:5
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
- Genesis 41:29
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
- Genesis 41:53
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
- 1 John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
- Genesis 40:18
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
- Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- Genesis 40:12
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
- Exodus 26:6
And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
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Context
- Genesis 41:25
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
- Genesis 41:26
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
- Genesis 41:27
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.
Genesis 41:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Las siete vacas hermosas siete años son; y las espigas hermosas son siete años: el sueño es uno mismo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les sept bonnes vaches, ce sont sept années; et les sept bons épis, ce sont sept années: c’est un seul songe. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die sieben schönen Kühe sind sieben Jahre, und die sieben schönen Ähren sind sieben Jahre; ein Traum ist es. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Septem boves pulchræ, et septem spicæ plenæ, septem ubertatis anni sunt: eamdemque vim somnii comprehendunt. |