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Genesis 41:23
Genesis 41:23 is verse 23 of Genesis chapter 41, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
King James Version
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted 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.
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Genesis 41:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 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.
22 In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
23 After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
24 And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”
25 At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 41:6After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
2 Kings 19:26Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
Psalms 129:6May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
Psalms 129:7unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
Hosea 9:16Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
Hosea 13:15Although 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.