Therefore, Pharaoh explained what he had seen: "I thought myself to be standing on the bank of a river,
Genesis 41:18 - Catholic Public Domain Version and seven cows climbed up from the river, exceedingly beautiful and full of flesh. And they grazed in a pasture of a marshy greenery. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 In front of me, seven fattened, stout cows climbed up out of the Nile and grazed on the reeds. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And seven kine came up out of the river exceeding beautiful and full of flesh. And they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture. English Standard Version 2016 Seven cows, plump and attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass. |
Therefore, Pharaoh explained what he had seen: "I thought myself to be standing on the bank of a river,
And behold, there followed after these, another seven cows, with such deformity and emaciation as I had never seen in the land of Egypt.
from which ascended seven cows, exceedingly beautiful and stout. And they pastured in marshy places.
"Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Just like these good figs, so will I regard as good the captives of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldeans.
And just like the very bad figs, which cannot be eaten because they are so bad, thus says the Lord: so will I regard Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his leaders, and the rest of Jerusalem, those who have remained in this city, and those who are living in the land of Egypt.