Genesis 41:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² and saw seven cows coming up out of the river, beautiful looking and fat, and they fed amongst the reeds,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And behold, there came up out of the river [Nile] seven well-favored cows, sleek and handsome and fat; and they grazed in the reed grass [in a marshy pasture].

American Standard Version (1901)

² And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

Common English Bible

² In front of him, seven healthy-looking, fattened cows climbed up out of the Nile and grazed on the reeds.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² from which ascended seven cows, exceedingly beautiful and stout. And they pastured in marshy places.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.

Genesis 41:2 Cross References

Genesis 41:1

And it came to be, at the end of two years’ time, that Pharaoh had a dream, and saw him standing by the river,

Genesis 41:18

and saw seven cows coming up out of the river, beautiful looking and fat, and they fed amongst the reeds,

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.

Job 8:11

Does papyrus grow without a marsh, a reed thrive without water?

Isaiah 19:6

And the rivers shall stink, and the streams shall be weak and dried up. Reeds and rushes shall wither.

Isaiah 19:7

Bare places by the River, by the mouth of the River, and every sown field by the River shall wither. It shall be driven away, and be no more.