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Genesis 41:2

New English Translation

seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.

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At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,

Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.

Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river.

Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away.