Genesis 41:20

18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

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.

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

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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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