And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsand the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
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.”
and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.'
and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the scribes; but there was none to make it known to me.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)