Genesis 41:24 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁴ “And the lean heads swallowed the seven good heads. And I spoke to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. Now I told this to the magicians, but there was no one who could tell me what it meant.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

Common English Bible

²⁴ and the thin ears swallowed up the healthy ears. I told the religious experts, but they couldn’t explain it to me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ And they devoured the beauty of the first. I explained this dream to the interpreters, and there is no one who can unfold it."

Genesis 41:24 Cross References

Genesis 41:23

then saw seven heads, withered, lean, scorched by the east wind, coming up after them.

Genesis 41:8

And it came to be in the morning that his spirit was moved, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Mitsrayim and all its wise men. And Pharaoh related to them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.

Exodus 8:19

The magicians then said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of Elohim!” But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as יהוה  had said.

Isaiah 8:19

And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their Elohim? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?

Daniel 4:7

So the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the diviners came in, and I related the dream to them, but its interpretation they did not make known to me.