Genesis - 41:20



20 The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle,

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 41:20.

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And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
And the devoured and consumed the former,
And the lean and bad kine ate up the seven first fat kine;
And the lean and the ill-favored cows ate up the first seven fat cows:
'And the lean and the bad kine eat up the first seven fat kine,
And the lean and the ill favored cows did eat up the first seven fat cows:
And the thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows who came up first;
These devoured and consumed the first,
Et comederunt vaccae tenues et turpes, septem vaccas priores pingues.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And the lean and the ill favoured kine,.... The same as previously described; See Gill on Genesis 41:4.

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