Bible verse
Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
Genesis 41:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 41.
16 “I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
18 when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
19 After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
20 Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
21 When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
22 In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
23 After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
24 And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”
KJV
And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
ASV
and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
ERV
and the lean and ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
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