Genesis 41:21 - The Scriptures 1998

²¹ “Yet when they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And when they had eaten them up, it could not be detected and known that they had eaten them, for they were still as thin and emaciated as at the beginning. Then I awoke. [But again I fell asleep and dreamed.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

Common English Bible

²¹ But after they swallowed them whole, no one would have known it. They looked just as bad as they had before. Then I woke up.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ giving no indication of being full. But they remained in the same state of emaciation and squalor. Awakening, but being weighed down into sleep again,

Genesis 41:21 Cross References

Genesis 41:20

“And the lean of flesh and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat cows.

Genesis 41:22

“Also, I looked in my dream and saw seven heads coming up on one stalk, complete and good,

Genesis 41:3

then saw seven other cows coming up after them out of the river, ugly and lean of flesh, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the river.

Psalm 37:19

They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in the days of scarcity of food they are satisfied.

Isaiah 9:20

and cut down on the right hand, but shall be hungry; and he devours on the left hand, but shall not be satisfied; each one devouring the flesh of his own arm:

Ezekiel 3:3

And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I am giving you.” And I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.