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Genesis 41:20

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 41:20 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
Genesis 41:20 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 41

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
17And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:
18and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:
19and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good:
23and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, [and] blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the lean and the ill favoured kine, etc.] The same as previously described; (see Gill on “<014104>Genesis 41:4”).”
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