Genesis 41:2

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

Behold, seven cattle came up out of the river. They were sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.

ASV

And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

LSV

and behold, from the River coming up are seven cows, of beautiful appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds;

YLT

and lo, from the River coming up are seven kine, of fair appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds;

DBY

And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fine-looking and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed-grass.

DRC

Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.

GNV

And loe, there came out of the riuer seuen goodly kine and fatfleshed, and they fedde in a medowe:

JPS

And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favoured and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

LXXE

And lo, there came up as it were out of the river seven cows, fair in appearance, and choice of flesh, and they fed on the sedge.The Hebrew word which the LXX. have here written in Greek characters without translating it, is rendered in the place A. V. by meadow, in Job 8. 11, the only other passage where it occurs, by flag.

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WLC

וְהִנֵּ֣ה מִן־הַיְאֹ֗ר עֹלֹת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פָּר֔וֹת יְפ֥וֹת מַרְאֶ֖ה וּבְרִיאֹ֣ת בָּשָׂ֑ר וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָה בָּאָֽחוּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἰδοὺ ὥσπερ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀνέβαινον ἐπτὰ βόες, καλαὶ τῷ εἴδει, καὶ ἐκλεκταὶ ταῖς σαρξὶ, καὶ ἐβόσκοντο ἐν τῷ Ἄχει.

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• Isaiah 19:6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

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