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Read Full Chapter (Genesis 41) Genesis 41:24 KJV
"And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me."
Genesis Chapter 41, Verse 24
Genesis 41:24 in Context (Verses 21–27 KJV)
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And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.*
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And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
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And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:*
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And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
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¶ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
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The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
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And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.