At the end of two years Pharaoh had a dream: he was standing beside the Nile,
Genesis 41:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised when seven healthy-looking, well-fed cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 In front of him, seven healthy-looking, fattened cows climbed up out of the Nile and grazed on the reeds. Catholic Public Domain Version from which ascended seven cows, exceedingly beautiful and stout. And they pastured in marshy places. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places. |
At the end of two years Pharaoh had a dream: he was standing beside the Nile,
when seven well-fed, healthy-looking cows came up from the Nile and grazed among the reeds.
After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside those cows along the bank of the Nile.
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will wilt.
The reeds by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the cultivated areas of the Nile will wither, blow away, and vanish.