Catholic Public Domain Version
"And behold, there followed after these, another seven cows, with such deformity and emaciation as I had never seen in the land of Egypt. "
— Genesis 41:19, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:”
“and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: ”
“and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.”
“Then seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows as these in all the land of Egypt!”
“And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill-favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt:”
“Then after them came seven other cows, very thin and poor-looking, worse than any I ever saw in the land of Egypt;”
“And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:”
Joseph responded, “Apart from me, God will respond favorably to Pharaoh.”
Therefore, Pharaoh explained what he had seen: “I thought myself to be standing on the bank of a river,
and seven cows climbed up from the river, exceedingly beautiful and full of flesh. And they grazed in a pasture of a marshy greenery.
And behold, there followed after these, another seven cows, with such deformity and emaciation as I had never seen in the land of Egypt.
These devoured and consumed the first,
giving no indication of being full. But they remained in the same state of emaciation and squalor. Awakening, but being weighed down into sleep again,
I saw a dream. Seven ears of grain sprang up on one stalk, full and very beautiful.