Genesis - 41:26



26 The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 41:26.

Differing Translations

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The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
The seven beautiful kine, and the seven full ears, are seven years of plenty: and both contain the same meaning of the dream.
The seven fine kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.
The seven beautiful cows, and the seven full ears of grain, are seven years of abundance. And so the force of the dreams is understood to be the same.
Septem vaccae pulchrae, septum anni sunt, et septem spicae pulchrae, septem anni sunt: somnium idem est.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The seven good kine are seven years,.... Signify seven years, and these years of plenty, as appears from the antithesis in Genesis 41:26,
and the seven good ears are seven years; signify the same:
the dream is one; for though the seven good kine were seen in one dream, the seven good ears in another, yet both dreams were one as to signification.

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