KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 41:20 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the lean” | הָֽרַקּ֖וֹת | Emaciated (as if flattened out) | lean |
| “and the ill favoured” | וְהָֽרָע֑וֹת | Bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) | ill favoured |
| “kine” | הַפָּר֔וֹת | A heifer | kine |
| “did eat up” | וַתֹּאכַ֙לְנָה֙ | To eat (literally or figuratively) | did eat up |
| “the first” | הָרִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹת | First, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun) | first |
| “seven” | שֶׁ֧בַע | Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number | seven |
| “fat” | הַבְּרִיאֹֽת׃ | Fatted or plump | fat |
| “kine:” | הַפָּר֛וֹת | A heifer | kine |
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18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
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