Genesis 41:6
in Genesis 41After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
KJV
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
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This verse in Genesis 41
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBlasted with the east wind - It has been very properly observed that all the mischief done to corn or fruit, by blasting, smutting, mildews, locusts, etc., is attributed to the east wind. See Exo 10:13; Exo 14:21; Psa 78:26; Eze 17:10; Jon 4:8. In Egypt it is peculiarly destructive, because it comes through the parched deserts of Arabia, often destroying vast numbers of men and women. The destructive nature of the simoom or smoom is mentioned by almost all travelers. Mr. Bruce speaks of it in his Travels in Egypt.
This site's exposition
dreamed a second time
on Genesis 41:5-7
He falls asleep again and dreams a second time, seven plump heads of grain on one stalk swallowed by seven thin ones. Clarke observes that the east wind is the blighting wind through Scripture, blamed for ruined grain and fruit from Exodus to Jonah, and that in Egypt it comes off the Arabian desert. Pharaoh wakes and knows it was a dream.
This site's exposition
thin and scorched by the east wind
The second dream moves from the herd to the field, the two things every Egyptian household lived on. Scorched comes from a root meaning blasted or blighted. 2 Kings 19:26 uses it for grass on a roof, dried out before it can grow.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And, behold, seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind,.... Which is very fatal to corn, to dry, burn, smite, or blast it; and especially to the corn in Egypt, whither it blew from the desert of Arabia: these sprung up after them; after the seven full ears, in the same place the other did, or near unto them.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִנֵּה֙ | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| שֶׁ֣בַע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים | shibolim | ears of grain | H7641 → | 19 times |
| דַּקּ֖וֹת | dakot | thin | H1851 → | 14 times |
| וּשְׁדוּפֹ֣ת | ushedufot | and scorched of | H7710 → | 3 times |
| קָדִ֑ים | kadim | an east wind | H6921 → | 69 times |
| צֹמְח֖וֹת | tzomechot | [were] springing up | H6779 → | 33 times |
| אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן׃ | ʾachareihen | after them | H310 → | 715 times |
וְהִנֵּה֙and there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
שֶׁ֣בַעseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
שִׁבֳּלִ֔יםears of grain
shibolimH7641 →19 times
דַּקּ֖וֹתthin
dakotH1851 →14 times
וּשְׁדוּפֹ֣תand scorched of
ushedufotH7710 →3 times
קָדִ֑יםan east wind
kadimH6921 →69 times
צֹמְח֖וֹת[were] springing up
tzomechotH6779 →33 times
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן׃after them
ʾachareihenH310 →715 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 17:10Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hosea 13:15
Through
Ezekiel 19:12But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 17:10
Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 27:11
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator…
- Jeremiah 31:28
Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 17:10
Through
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…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 19:12
But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
- Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
- Genesis 41:52
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
- Genesis 48:19
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and…
- Ezekiel 19:12
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).