Genesis 41:20

18 when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

19 After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!

Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.

21 When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.

22 In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.

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Sammenlign

ÅB
Og de magre og stygge kyr spiste opp de syv første, fete kyr.
OTB
De magre, stygge kyrne åt opp de sju fete kyrne som kom opp først.
B1930
Og de magre og stygge kyr åt op de syv første, fete kyr.
BSB
Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
KJV
And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
WEB
The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle;
ASV
and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
DARBY
And the lean and bad kine ate up the seven first fat kine;
BLB
And the thin and ugly cows ate the first seven fat cows.

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