Genesis 41:21 meaning and explanation

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.

Genesis 41:21, Berean Standard Bible

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Pharaoh is recounting his dream to Joseph in verse 21, describing the thin cows that ate the seven fat ones yet stayed as gaunt as before. In the ancient world the Nile was Egypt’s life source, so cows rising from the river and grain on a stalk spoke of harvest and hunger.

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