Two years later, Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River.
Genesis 41:2 - Easy To Read Version In the dream, seven cows come out of the river and stood there eating grass. They were healthy, good-looking cows. 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. |
Two years later, Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River.
Then seven cows came up out of the river and stood there eating the grass. They were healthy, good-looking cows.
Then seven more cows came out of the river and stood on the bank of the river by the healthy cows. But these cows were thin and sick looking.
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All the rivers will smell very bad. {\cf2\super [188]} The canals in Egypt will become dry and the water will be gone. All the water plants will rot.
All the plants along the river banks will die and blow away. Even the plants at the widest part of the river will be dead.