Genesis 41:6
New International Version
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—thin and scorched by the east wind.

New Living Translation
Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were shriveled and withered by the east wind.

English Standard Version
And behold, after them sprouted seven ears, thin and blighted by the east wind.

Berean Standard Bible
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.

King James Bible
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

New King James Version
Then behold, seven thin heads, blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them.

New American Standard Bible
Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

NASB 1995
Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

NASB 1977
Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

Legacy Standard Bible
And behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

Amplified Bible
Then behold, seven ears [of grain], thin and dried up by the east wind, sprouted after them.

Christian Standard Bible
After them, seven heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
After them, seven heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up.

American Standard Version
And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And behold seven thin ears and blasted with the hot wind sprang up after them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And, behold, seven ears thin and blasted with the wind, grew up after them.

Contemporary English Version
Later, seven other heads of grain appeared, but they were thin and scorched by a wind from the desert.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted,

English Revised Version
And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Seven other heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted behind them.

Good News Translation
Then seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the desert wind,

International Standard Version
Suddenly seven thin ears of grain that had been scorched by an east wind sprouted up right after them

JPS Tanakh 1917
And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

Literal Standard Version
and behold, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

Majority Standard Bible
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.

New American Bible
Behind them sprouted seven ears of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind;

NET Bible
Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

New Revised Standard Version
Then seven ears, thin and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them.

New Heart English Bible
Then look, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprouted up after them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

World English Bible
Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

Young's Literal Translation
and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

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Context
The Dreams of Pharaoh
5but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk. 6 After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind. 7And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.…

Cross References
Genesis 41:5
but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.

Genesis 41:7
And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.

Genesis 41:23
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted--withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.

Hosea 12:1
Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Hosea 13:15
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come--a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.


Treasury of Scripture

And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

blasted.

Ezekiel 17:10
Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

Ezekiel 19:12
But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

Hosea 13:15
Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

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Genesis 41
1. Pharaoh has two dreams.
9. Joseph interprets them.
33. He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly advanced, and married.
46. The seven years of plenty.
50. He begets children.
53. The famine begins.














(6) East wind.--In Palestine the prevalent winds are those which blow from the west or east, and the latter, coming across arid deserts, is injurious to vegetation. In Egypt the winds generally are from the north or south, but the south-east wind, called Chamsin, blowing from the deserts of Arabia, has even more disastrous effects upon plants than the east wind in Palestine, and from the small dust with which it is laden is baleful also to human life. As there are no words in Hebrew for any except the four principal winds, this south-eastern wind may be meant; or as k?dim, east wind, became the usual name of every wind that burned up vegetation, the term may be employed in a general sense.

Verse 6. - And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them - literally, burnt up of the east, קָדִים being put poetically for the fuller רוּחַ קָדִים. It has been urged that this displays a gross ignorance of the nature, of the climate in Egypt (Bohlen), since a wind directly east is rare in Egypt, and when it does occur is not injurious to vegetation; but, on the other hand, it is open to reply

(1) that direct east winds may be rare in Egypt, but so are dearth and famine such as that described in the narrative equally exceptional (Kalisch);

(2) that the Hebrews having only names to describe the four principal winds, the kadirn might comprise any wind blowing from an easterly direction (Hengstenberg); and

(3) that the south-east wind, "blowing in the months of March and April, is one of the most injurious winds, and of longest continuance" (Havernick). Hengstenberg quotes Ukert as saying, "As long as the south-east wind continues, doors and windows are closed; but the fine dust penetrates everywhere; everything dries up; wooden vessels warp and crack. The thermometer rises suddenly from 16° 20°, up to 30° 36°, and even 38°, Reaumur. This wind works destruction upon everything. The grass withers so that it entirely perishes if this wind blows long" ('Egypt and the Books of Moses,' p. 10).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
After them,
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן׃ (’a·ḥă·rê·hen)
Preposition | third person feminine plural
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

seven other
שֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

heads of grain
שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים (šib·bo·lîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 7641: A stream, an ear of grain, a branch

sprouted,
צֹמְח֖וֹת (ṣō·mə·ḥō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 6779: To sprout, spring up

thin
דַּקּ֖וֹת (daq·qō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 1851: Crushed, small, thin

and scorched
וּשְׁדוּפֹ֣ת (ū·šə·ḏū·p̄ōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural construct
Strong's 7710: To scorch, blight

by the east wind.
קָדִ֑ים (qā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6921: The fore, front part, the East


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