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Genesis 41:21
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Genesis 41:21
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But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.
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Genesis 41:21 in Other Translations
KJV
21
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
ESV
21
but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke.
NLT
21
But afterward you wouldn’t have known it, for they were still as thin and scrawny as before! Then I woke up.
MSG
21
But you couldn't tell by looking - after eating them up they were just as skinny and ugly as before. Then I woke up.
CSB
21
When they had devoured them, you could not tell that they had devoured them; their appearance was as bad as it had been before. Then I woke up.
Genesis 41:21 In-Context
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.
21
But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.
22
“In my dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk.
23
After them, seven other heads sprouted—withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.
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