Genesis - 41:7



7 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 41:7.

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And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
And devoured all the beauty of the former. Pharao awaked after his rest:
And the thin ears devoured the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke; and behold, it was a dream.
and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears, and Pharaoh awaketh, and lo, a dream.
And the seven thin heads made a meal of the good heads. And when Pharaoh was awake he saw it was a dream.
devouring all the beauty of the first. Pharaoh, when he awakened after his rest,
Et deglutiverunt spicae tenues, septem spicas pingues et plenas: et expergefactus est Pharao, et ecce somnium.

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And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears,.... So it appeared to Pharaoh in his dream, which must be very amazing to behold, and unaccountable how it should be:
and Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream; not a real fact, but a dream; yet not a common dream, but had some important signification in it; it not vanishing from his mind, but abode upon it, which made him conclude there was something more than common in it, and made him very desirous to have the interpretation of it.

"Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold it was a dream." The dream was so like reality, that in was only when he woke that he perceived it was a dream.

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