Genesis 41:18

18 when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds.

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Genesis 41:18 in Other Translations

KJV

18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

ESV

18 Seven cows, plump and attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass.

NLT

18 and I saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.

MSG

18 Seven cows, shimmering with health, came up out of the river and grazed on the marsh grass.

CSB

18 when seven well-fed, healthy-looking cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.

Genesis 41:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:18

And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine
Cows or heifers, (See Gill on Genesis 41:2); the account of them is the same here as there, and of the place where they fed, only the words are transposed.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 41:18 In-Context

16 “I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”

17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,

18 when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds.

19 After them, seven other cows came up—scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt.

20 The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first.

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Genesis 41:18 in Other Translations

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