Genesis 41:18 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Suddenly, seven nice-looking, well-fed cows came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favored; and they fed in a meadow:

ASV:

and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:

BBE:

And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;

DBY:

And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and of fine form, and they fed in the reed-grass.

ERV:

and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in the reed-grass:

JPS:

And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in the reedgrass.

WBS:

And behold, there came out of the river seven cows, fat-fleshed, and well-favored; and they fed in a meadow:

WEB:

and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass,

YLT:

and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat in flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;

Genesis 41:18 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 41:17 So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile;

Genesis 41:19 "Lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land of Egypt; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

41:9-32 God's time for the enlargement of his people is the fittest time. If the chief butler had got Joseph to be released from prison, it is probable he would have gone back to the land of the Hebrews. Then he had neither been so blessed himself, nor such a blessing to his family, as afterwards he proved. Joseph, when introduced to Pharaoh, gives honour to God. Pharaoh had dreamed 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. Egypt has no rain, but the plenty of the year depends upon the overflowing of the river Nile. See how many ways Providence has of dispensing its gifts; yet our dependence is still the same upon the First Cause, who makes every creature what it is to us, be it rain or river. See to what changes the comforts of this life are subject. We cannot be sure that to-morrow shall be as this day, or next year as this. We must learn how to want, as well as how to abound. Mark the goodness of God in sending the seven years of plenty before those of famine, that provision might be made. The produce of the earth is sometimes more, and sometimes less; yet, take one with another, he that gathers much, has nothing over; and he that gathers little, has no lack, Ex 16:18. And see the perishing nature of our worldly enjoyments. The great harvests of the years of plenty were quite lost, and swallowed up in the years of famine; and that which seemed very much, yet did but just serve to keep the people alive. There is bread which lasts to eternal life, which it is worth while to labour for. They that make the things of this world their good things, will find little pleasure in remembering that they have received them.

CONC:

Behold Cattle Cows Fair Fat Fatfleshed Fat-fleshed Favored Fed Feed Fine Flesh Form Good-looking Grass Grazed Kine Marsh Meadow Nile Reed Reedgrass Reed-grass Reeds River River-grass Seven Sleek Well-favored Well-favoured

Cattle Cows Fat Fatfleshed Fat-Fleshed Favored Fed Fine Flesh Food Form Good-Looking Grass Grazed Kine Marsh Meadow Nile Reed Reed-Grass River River-Grass Seven Sleek Well-Favored Well-Favoured

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