And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
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Gill's Exposition
The seven good kine are seven years,.... Signify seven years, and these years of plenty, as appears from the antithesis in Gen 41:26,
and the seven good ears are seven years; signify the same:
the…
- Joseph Was Exalted 1. יאר ye'or, “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic. 2. אחוּ 'āchû, “sedge, reed-grass, marsh-grass.” This word is probably Coptic. 8.…
Here, I. Pharaoh relates his dream. He dreamt that he stood upon the bank of the river Nile, and saw the kine, both the fat ones and the lean ones, come out of the river. For the kingdom of Egypt had…
Cambridge Bible
withered The Hebrew word occurs here only in O.T., and is omitted by LXX and Lat.
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