Genesis 41:18 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁸ And to my surprise, out of the Nile seven cows were coming up, beefy and good-looking, and they grazed in the reeds.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And behold, there came up out of the river [Nile] seven fat, sleek, and handsome cows, and they grazed in the reed grass [of a marshy pasture].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:

Common English Bible

¹⁸ In front of me, seven fattened, stout cows climbed up out of the Nile and grazed on the reeds.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ and seven cows climbed up from the river, exceedingly beautiful and full of flesh. And they grazed in a pasture of a marshy greenery.

Genesis 41:18 Cross References

Genesis 41:17

So Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream, there I was, standing by the bank of the Nile.

Genesis 41:19

Then all of a sudden, there were seven other cows coming up after them, feeble, very ugly and emaciated. I’ve never seen the likes of these in the whole land of Egypt for ugliness.

Genesis 41:2

Then behold, there were seven cows, good-looking and beefy, and they grazed in the reeds.

Jeremiah 24:5

thus says Adonai, the God of Israel: “Like these good figs, so will I regard the exiles of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place to the land of the Chaldeans, as good.

Jeremiah 24:8

“Now as for the bad figs, which cannot be eaten they are so bad”—surely thus says Adonai—“so I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, his princes and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, as well as those dwelling in the land of Egypt.