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Genesis 41:23

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.

After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.

24 And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”

25 At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
KJV
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
WEB
and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
ASV
and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, [and] blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
DARBY
And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them;
BLB
and behold, seven heads of grain withered, thin, [and] scorched by the east wind, were sprouting after them.
ÅB
Og etter dem skjøt det opp syv aks som var fortørket og tynne og svidd av østenvind.
OTB
Så skjøt det opp sju aks, visne, tynne og svidd av østvinden, etter dem.
B1930
Og efter dem skjøt det op syv aks som var fortørket og tynne og svidd av østenvind.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 19:26

    Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.

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  • Psalms 129:6–7

    May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

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  • Hosea 9:16

    Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

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  • Hosea 13:15

    Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

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  • Genesis 41:6

    After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.

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  • Hosea 8:7

    For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

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