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Genesis 41:3

Nile

1 After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

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

After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.

4 And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,

5 but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.

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BSB
After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
KJV
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
WEB
Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.
ASV
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
DARBY
And behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, bad-looking and lean-fleshed, and stood by the kine on the bank of the river.
BLB
And behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the River, ugly of appearance and thin of flesh, and they stood beside the cows on the edge of the River.
ÅB
Og etter dem steg det opp av elven syv andre kyr, stygge å se til og magre, og de sto ved siden av de andre kyr på elvebredden.
OTB
Så kom det opp sju andre kyr etter dem fra Nilen, stygge og magre, og de stod ved siden av de andre kyrne på elvebredden.
B1930
Og efter dem steg det op av elven syv andre kyr, stygge å se til og magre, og de stod ved siden av de andre kyr på elvebredden.

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