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Genesis 41:26

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26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream.
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Genesis 41:26 in Other Translations

KJV
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
ESV
26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.
NLT
26 The seven healthy cows and the seven healthy heads of grain both represent seven years of prosperity.
MSG
26 The seven healthy cows are seven years and the seven healthy ears of grain are seven years - they're the same dream.
CSB
26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years. The dreams mean the same thing.

Genesis 41:26 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:26

The seven good kine [are] seven years
Signify seven years, and these years of plenty, as appears from the antithesis in ( Genesis 41:26 ) : and the seven good ears [are] seven years;
signify the same: the dream [is] one;
for though the seven good kine were seen in one dream, the seven good ears in another, yet both dreams were one as to signification.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 41:26 In-Context

24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.”
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one and the same dream.
27 The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine.
28 “It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

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