Genesis 41:27

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, as are the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind. They are seven years of famine.

Cross References

Genesis 41:26

The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.

Genesis 41:3

Then seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them and stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.

2 Samuel 24:19

Following Gad’s instructions, David went up, as the Lord had commanded.

2 Kings 8:1

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Get up and go with your household and settle wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come on the land for seven years.”