Genesis 41 · Verse 5

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 41:5, King James Version

Genesis 41:5 in other translations

BSBbut he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
WEBHe slept and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.
ASVAnd he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
YLTAnd he sleepeth, and dreameth a second time, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,
DARBYAnd he slept and dreamed the second time; and behold, seven ears of corn grew up on one stalk, fat and good.
BBEBut he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem.
WebsterAnd he slept and dreamed the second time: and behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

What does Genesis 41:5 mean?

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.

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Genesis 41:5 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּישָׁ֕ןvai.yi.Shanand he sleptH3462
וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖םvai.ya.cha.Lomand he dreamedH2492
שֵׁנִ֑יתshe.Nita second [time]H8145
וְהִנֵּ֣ה\׀ve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
שֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'sevenH7651
שִׁבֳּלִ֗יםshi.bo.Limears of grainH7641
עֹל֛וֹתo.Lot[were] coming upH5927
בְּקָנֶ֥הbe.ka.Nehon a stalkH7070
אֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadoneH259
בְּרִיא֥וֹתbe.ri.'otfatH1277
וְטֹבֽוֹת\׃ve.to.Votand goodH2896

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

Cross references for Genesis 41:5

  • Deuteronomy 32:14

    Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
seven ears.A species of wheat, which grows in Egypt, bears, when perfect, seven ears on one stalk, as its natural conformation. It differs from ours in having a solid stem, or at least a stem full of pith, in order to yield sufficient nourishment and support to so great a weight as the ears which it bears.
rank. Heb. fat.
De 32:14

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Context

  • Genesis 41:4

    And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

  • 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 41:6

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

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Genesis 41:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Durmióse de nuevo, y soñó la segunda vez: Que siete espigas llenas y hermosas subían de una sola caña:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il s’endormit, et songea une seconde fois: et voici, sept épis gras et bons montaient sur une seule tige.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er schlief ein und träumte zum zweiten Male: und siehe, sieben Ähren wuchsen auf an einem Halme, fett und schön.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque formosæ: