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Genesis 41:21

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:

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

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:

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

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
and when they had eaten them up, it couldn’t be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
ASV
and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
DARBY
and they came into their belly, and it could not be known that they had come into their belly; and their look was bad, as at the beginning. And I awoke.
BLB
And they went into their bellies, and no one would have known that they had gone into their bellies, and they [were] as ugly as at the beginning. And I awoke.
ÅB
Og da de hadde fått dem til livs, kunne det ikke merkes på dem, de var like stygge å se til som før. Da våknet jeg.
OTB
Men da de hadde spist dem, kunne ingen se at de hadde gjort det; de så like stygge ut som før. Da våknet jeg.
B1930
Og da de hadde fått dem til livs, kunde det ikke merkes på dem, de var like stygge å se til som før. Da våknet jeg.

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  • Revelation 10:9–10

    And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

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  • Ezekiel 3:3

    And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

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  • Isaiah 9:20

    And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

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  • Psalms 37:19

    They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

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