Verse 4

Genesis 41:4

World English Bible

4 The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּאכַ֣לְנָה הַ/פָּר֗וֹת רָע֤וֹת הַ/מַּרְאֶה֙ וְ/דַקֹּ֣ת הַ/בָּשָׂ֔ר אֵ֚ת שֶׁ֣בַע הַ/פָּר֔וֹת יְפֹ֥ת הַ/מַּרְאֶ֖ה וְ/הַ/בְּרִיאֹ֑ת וַ/יִּיקַ֖ץ פַּרְעֹֽה
English Translation
And the ugly and thin cows ate the seven beautiful and fat cows, and Pharaoh woke up.
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Chapter 41 Context
1 At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river. Focus ↗
2 Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.... Focus ↗
3 Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the othe... Focus ↗
4 The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 He slept and dreamed a second time: and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy a... Focus ↗
6 Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. Focus ↗
7 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it... Focus ↗
8 In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wis... Focus ↗
9 Then the chief cup bearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my faults today. Focus ↗
10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard,... Focus ↗
11 We dreamed a dream in one night, he and I. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of hi... Focus ↗
12 There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him,... Focus ↗
13 As he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.” Focus ↗
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved hims... Focus ↗
15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have he... Focus ↗
16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God (Elohim) will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.... Focus ↗
17 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river: Focus ↗
18 and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass,... Focus ↗
19 and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw... Focus ↗
20 The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle, Focus ↗
21 and when they had eaten them up, it couldn’t be known that they had eaten them, but they were still... Focus ↗
22 I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good: Focus ↗
23 and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after th... Focus ↗
24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but... Focus ↗
25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God (Elohim) is about to do he has declar... Focus ↗
26 The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream... Focus ↗
27 The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty hea... Focus ↗
28 That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God (Elohim) is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh... Focus ↗
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt. Focus ↗
30 There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land... Focus ↗
31 and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be... Focus ↗
32 The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God (Elohim), and God (Elohim)... Focus ↗
33 “Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt. Focus ↗
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the... Focus ↗
35 Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Phara... Focus ↗
36 The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the lan... Focus ↗
37 The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. Focus ↗
38 Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God (E... Focus ↗
39 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God (Elohim) has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet... Focus ↗
40 You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the thro... Focus ↗
41 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” Focus ↗
42 Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in robe... Focus ↗
43 and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” H... Focus ↗
44 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in... Focus ↗
45 Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera pr... Focus ↗
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the pre... Focus ↗
47 In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly. Focus ↗
48 He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food... Focus ↗
49 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was withou... Focus ↗
50 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera... Focus ↗
51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, “For”, he said, “God (Elohim) has made me forget a... Focus ↗
52 The name of the second, he called Ephraim: “For God (Elohim) has made me fruitful in the land of my... Focus ↗
53 The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end. Focus ↗
54 The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but... Focus ↗
55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to... Focus ↗
56 The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to th... Focus ↗
57 All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the ear... Focus ↗