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Genesis 41:26

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 41:26 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
Genesis 41:26 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 41

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
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.
28That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh.
29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
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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
“The seven good kine [are] seven years, etc.] Signify seven years, and these years of plenty, as appears from the antithesis in (<014126>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.”
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