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Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams

Genesis 41:26

In 11 translations

BSB
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.
KJV
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
WEB
The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.
ASV
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
LSV
the seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one;
YLT
the seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one;
DBY
The seven fine kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
DRC
The seven beautiful kine, and the seven full ears, are seven years of plenty: and both contain the same meaning of the dream.
GNV
The seuen good kine are seuen yeres, and the seuen good eares are seuen yeeres: this is one dreame.
JPS
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
LXXE
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream of Pharao is one.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
שֶׁ֧בַע פָּרֹ֣ת הַטֹּבֹ֗ת שֶׁ֤בַע שָׁנִים֙ הֵ֔נָּה וְשֶׁ֤בַע הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִים֙ הַטֹּבֹ֔ת שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים הֵ֑נָּה חֲל֖וֹם אֶחָ֥ד הֽוּא׃
LXX-Br
Αἱ ἑπτὰ βόες αἱ καλαὶ, ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐστί· καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυες οἱ καλοὶ, ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐστί· τὸ ἐνύπνιον Φαραὼ ἕν ἐστι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 41:2when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
  • Genesis 41:47During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
  • Genesis 41:29Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
  • Genesis 41:5but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
  • 1 John 5:7For there are three that testify:
  • Genesis 41:53When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
  • Exodus 12:11This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
  • Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
  • Genesis 40:18Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
  • Genesis 40:12Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
  • Exodus 26:6Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

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