Parallel Verses New International Version After them, seven other heads sprouted--withered and thin and scorched by the east wind. King James Bible And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: Darby Bible Translation And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, parched with the east wind, sprung up after them; World English Bible and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. Young's Literal Translation and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them; Genesis 41:23 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnd when they had eaten them up, etc. - Nothing can more powerfully mark the excess and severity of the famine than creatures of the beeve or of the hippopotamus kind eating each other, and yet without any effect; remaining as lean and as wretched as they were before. A sense of want increases the appetite, and stimulates the digestive powers to unusual action; hence the concoction of the food becomes very rapid, and it is hurried through the intestines before its nutritive particles can be sufficiently absorbed; and thus, though much is eaten, very little nourishment is derived from it. And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. A most nervous and physically correct description. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge withered. or, small. thin. Genesis 41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. Psalm 129:6,7 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up... blasted. All the mischief done to corn or fruit by blasting, smutting, mildew, etc. are attributed to the east wind. (See Parallel Passages.) In Egypt it is peculiarly destructive, because it comes through the parched deserts of Arabia, often destroying vast numbers of people. The destructive nature of the {Sam, Simoom, Smoom,} or {Samiel}, is mentioned by almost all travellers. When this pestilential wind advances, its approach is indicated by a redness in the air. The principal stream of the blast always moves in a line of about Genesis 41:20 And the lean and the ill favored cows did eat up the first seven fat cows: yards in breadth, and 12 feet above the surface of the earth; but its parching influence pervades all places to a considerable distance. The only means of preservation from its noxious influence is to lie flat, with the face upon the ground, till the blast be over. Camels and other animals instinctively perceive its approach, and bury their mouths and nostrils in the ground. It rarely last more than seven or eight minutes, but so poisonous are its effects, that it instantly suffocates those who are unfortunate enough to inhale it. Library The Covenant of WorksQ-12: I proceed to the next question, WHAT SPECIAL ACT OF PROVIDENCE DID GOD EXERCISE TOWARDS MAN IN THE ESTATE WHEREIN HE WAS CREATED? A: When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him upon condition of perfect obedience, forbidding him to eat of the tree of knowledge upon pain of death. For this, consult with Gen 2:16, 17: And the Lord commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt … Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt Cross References Genesis 41:6 After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted--thin and scorched by the east wind. Genesis 41:22 "In my dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk. Genesis 41:24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me." Jump to Previous Blasted Blighted Dry Ears East Grain Heads Parched Scorched Seven Springing Sprouted Sprung Thin Wasted Wind WitheredJump to Next Blasted Blighted Dry Ears East Grain Heads Parched Scorched Seven Springing Sprouted Sprung Thin Wasted Wind WitheredLinks Genesis 41:23 NIVGenesis 41:23 NLT Genesis 41:23 ESV Genesis 41:23 NASB Genesis 41:23 KJV Genesis 41:23 Bible Apps Genesis 41:23 Biblia Paralela Genesis 41:23 Chinese Bible Genesis 41:23 French Bible Genesis 41:23 German Bible Genesis 41:23 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |