The Meaning of Genesis 41:2 Explained

Genesis 41:2

KJV: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

YLT: and lo, from the River coming up are seven kine, of fair appearance, and fat in flesh, and they feed among the reeds;

Darby: And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fine-looking and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed-grass.

ASV: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And, behold, there came up  out of the river  seven  well  favoured  kine  and fatfleshed;  and they fed  in a meadow. 

What does Genesis 41:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 41:1-13 - Pharaoh Dreams Of Cattle And Of Ears Of Grain
This chapter tells of ascension and exaltation,"¦ and affords an inimitable type of the issue of our Lord's humiliation and death. Like Joseph, He went and preached to spirits in prison, and then God highly exalted Him, and gave him a Name above every name. Rejected by his brethren, refused by those to whom he was sent, falsely accused and condemned, classed with the wicked, thrust into prison, rescuing one of his poor associates, called to a throne, it would be possible in almost every particular to substitute the name of Jesus for that of Joseph. What a corroboration of those great words of Asaph, "Neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south cometh lifting up; but God is the judge," Psalms 75:6-7. When sorrow falls, how quickly the world remembers the child of God, and turns to him! Those that despise and forget will seek you out some day. [source]

Chapter Summary: 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

What do the individual words in Genesis 41:2 mean?

And suddenly out of the Nile there came up seven cows fine looking and fat of flesh and they fed among the reeds
וְהִנֵּ֣ה מִן־ הַיְאֹ֗ר עֹלֹת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פָּר֔וֹת יְפ֥וֹת מַרְאֶ֖ה וּבְרִיאֹ֣ת בָּשָׂ֑ר וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָה בָּאָֽחוּ

וְהִנֵּ֣ה  And  suddenly 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
מִן־  out 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הַיְאֹ֗ר  of  the  Nile 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְאֹר  
Sense: river, stream, canal, Nile, Nile-canal.
עֹלֹת֙  there  came  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
שֶׁ֣בַע  seven 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
פָּר֔וֹת  cows 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: פָּרָה  
Sense: cow, heifer.
יְפ֥וֹת  fine 
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural construct
Root: יָפֶה  
Sense: fair, beautiful, handsome.
מַרְאֶ֖ה  looking 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַרְאֶה  
Sense: sight, appearance, vision.
וּבְרִיאֹ֣ת  and  fat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, feminine plural construct
Root: בָּרִיא  
Sense: fat.
בָּשָׂ֑ר  of  flesh 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָה  and  they  fed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: רָעָה 
Sense: to pasture, tend, graze, feed.
בָּאָֽחוּ  among  the  reeds 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָחוּ  
Sense: reeds, marsh plants, rushes.

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