Genesis 41:27

And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
seven	וְשֶׁ֣בַע ve.She.va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
thin	הָֽרַקּ֨וֹת ha.ra.Kot	H7534	emaciated (as if flattened out) · definite article + adjective, feminine plural absolute
favoured	וְהָרָעֹ֜ת ve.ha.ra.'Ot	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · conjunction + definite article + adjective, feminine plural absolute
kine	הַ֠פָּרוֹת Ha.pa.rot	H6510	a heifer · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
up	הָעֹלֹ֣ת ha.'o.Lot	H5927	to ascend · definite article + verb, qal active participle, feminine plural absolute
them	אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ן 'a.cha.rei.Hen	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine plural
seven	שֶׁ֤בַע She.va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
years	שָׁנִים֙ sha.Nim	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
seven	וְשֶׁ֤בַע ve.She.va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · conjunction + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
empty	הָרֵק֔וֹת ha.re.Kot	H7386	empty · definite article + adjective, feminine plural absolute
ears	הַֽשִׁבֳּלִים֙ ha.shi.bo.Lim	H7641	a stream (as flowing) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
blasted	שְׁדֻפ֖וֹת she.du.Fot	H7710	to scorch · verb, qal passive participle, feminine plural construct
wind	הַקָּדִ֑ים ha.ka.Dim	H6921	the fore or front part · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
seven	שֶׁ֖בַע She.va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
years	שְׁנֵ֥י she.Nei	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common masculine plural construct
famine	רָעָֽב ra.'Av	H7458	hunger (more or less extensive) · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 8:1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever…
2 Samuel 24:19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:17-32

Here, I. Pharaoh relates his dream. He dreamt that he stood upon the bank of the river Nile, and saw the kine, both the fat ones and the lean ones, come out of the river. For the kingdom of Egypt had no rain, as appears, Zac 14:18, but the plenty of the year depended upon the overflowing of the river, and it was about one certain time of the year that it overflowed. If it rose to fifteen or sixteen cubits, there was plenty; if to twelve or thirteen only, or under, there was scarcity. See how many ways Providence has of dispensing its gifts; yet, whatever the second causes are, our dependence is still the same upon the first Cause, who makes every creature that to us that it is, be it rain or…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:25

JOSEPH INTERPRETS PHARAOH'S DREAMS. (Gen 41:25-36) Joseph said, . . . The dream . . . is one--They both pointed to the same event--a remarkable dispensation of seven years of unexampled abundance, to be followed by a similar period of unparalleled dearth. The repetition of the dream in two different forms was designed to show the absolute certainty and speedy arrival of this public crisis; the interpretation was accompanied by several suggestions of practical wisdom for meeting so great an emergency as was impending.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 41:25

God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do - Joseph thus shows the Egyptian king that though the ordinary cause of plenty or want is the river Nile, yet its inundations are under the direction of God: the dreams are sent by him, not only to signify beforehand the plenty and want, but to show also that all these circumstances, however fortuitous they may appear to man, are under the direction of an overruling Providence.

John Gill on Genesis 41:27

And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years,.... Signify other seven years, and these different from the former, as follows: and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine: or there will be seven years of famine that will answer to them, and are signified by them: Grotius, from the Oneirocritics or interpreters of dreams, observes, that years are signified by kine, and particularly he relates from Achmes, that according to the doctrine of the Egyptians, female oxen (and such these were) signified times and seasons, and if fat (as the good ones here also were) signified fruitful times, but if poor and thin (as the bad o…

Dictionary and topics

Divination — Of false prophets (Deut. 18:10, 14; Micah 3:6, 7, 11), of necromancers (1 Sam. 28:8), of the Philistine priests and diviners (1 Sam. 6:2), of Balaam (Josh. 13:22). Three kinds of divination are…
Famine — The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to…
Kine — (Heb. sing. parah, i.e., “fruitful”), mentioned in Pharaoh’s dream (Gen. 41: 18). Here the word denotes “buffaloes,” which fed on the reeds and sedge by the river’s brink.
Pharaoh — The official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks. (See EGYPT.) The name is a compound, as some think, of the words Ra, the “sun” or…
Egypt · History of Israel in: Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams — History of Israel in: Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams
Famine · Often long continued — Often long continued
Government · Paternal functions of — Paternal functions of
Heathen · .Pharaoh — .Pharaoh
Joseph · .Of Pharaoh — .Of Pharaoh
Kine (Bovine) · Pharaoh’s dream of — Pharaoh’s dream of
Prisoners · Joseph — Joseph
Promotion · .Joseph, from impri — .Joseph, from impri
Wisdom

Genesis 41:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:17-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:25

Adam Clarke on Genesis 41:25

John Gill on Genesis 41:27

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 41:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:17-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:25

Adam Clarke on Genesis 41:25

John Gill on Genesis 41:27

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 41:17-31

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 41:14-36

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 41:25-32