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- Chapter 41
- Verse 23
Genesis 41:23
“And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:”
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Commentary
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The seven good kine are seven years,.... Signify seven years, and these years of plenty, as appears from the antithesis…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 41:1-57
- Joseph Was Exalted 1. יאר ye'or, “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic. 2.…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
withered The Hebrew word occurs here only in O.T., and is omitted by LXX and Lat.
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