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Genesis 41:24

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 41:24 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
Genesis 41:24 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 41

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
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:
24and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh.
26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.
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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 thin ears devoured the seven good ears, etc.] (See Gill on “<014107>Genesis 41:7”); and I told [this] unto the magicians; just in the same manner as he had to Joseph: but [there was] none that could declare [it] unto me; the meaning of it; what all this should signify or portend.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“the thin ears devoured the seven good ears--devoured is a different word from that used in Gen 41:4 and conveys the idea of destroying, by absorbing to themselves all the nutritious virtue of the soil around them.”
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