Genesis - 41:24

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24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 41:24.

Differing Translations

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And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it.
and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this to the magicians; but there was none that could explain it to me.
and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.'
And the seven thin heads made a meal of the seven good heads; and I put this dream before the wise men, but not one of them was able to give me the sense of it.
And they devoured the beauty of the first. I explained this dream to the interpreters, and there is no one who can unfold it."
Et deglutiverunt spicae tenues, septem spicas pulchras. Et dixi ad magos, et non fuit qui indicaret mihi.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears,.... See Gill on Genesis 41:7,
and I told this unto the magicians; just in the same manner as he had to Joseph:
but there was none that could declare it unto me; the meaning of it; what all this should signify or portend.

the thin ears devoured the seven good ears--devoured is a different word from that used in Genesis 41:4 and conveys the idea of destroying, by absorbing to themselves all the nutritious virtue of the soil around them.

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