John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 41:19

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And, behold, seven other kine, etc.] Here some addition is made: these are said not only to be very ill favoured, and leanfleshed, (see Gill on “<014103>Genesis 41:3”), but poor, thin, meagre, exhausted of their flesh and strength through some disease upon them, or want of food: and it follows, what was not before expressed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt, for badness; so poor, so lean, and so ill favoured; for whatever might be seen in other countries, never were such seen in Egypt, which was famous for good cattle.

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