KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 41:18–21
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Genesis 41:18
18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
18And behold, there came vp out of the riuer seuen kine, fat fleshed and well fauoured, and they fed in a medow.
Genesis 41:19
19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
19And behold, seuen other kine came vp after them, poore and very ill fauoured, and leane fleshed, such as I neuer saw in all the land of Egypt for badnes.
Genesis 41:20
20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
20And the leane, & the ill fauoured kine, did eate vp the first seuen fat kine.
Genesis 41:21
21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
21And when they had †eaten them vp, it could not bee knowen that they had eaten them, but they were still ill fauoured, as at the beginning: So I awoke.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 41:18
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number following six and preceding eight.
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Cows; cattle of the cow kind.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
In a good, right, or healthy manner or condition; also a deep source of water, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A tract of low land.
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Genesis 41:19
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
The number following six and preceding eight.
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A different or additional person or thing; the remaining one of two or more.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Cows; cattle of the cow kind.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
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Lacking material means; needy, afflicted, lowly, or humble, according to context.
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Truly or in a high degree; as an adjective, true or real.
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Of bad or unpleasing appearance.
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Of the kind, degree, or character already named or indicated.
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Not ever; not at any time; in no case or degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
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The state of being bad, evil, vicious or depraved; want of good qualities, natural or moral.
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Genesis 41:20
Thin or lacking fat; as a verb, to incline, rest, or depend upon.
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Of bad or unpleasing appearance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Cows; cattle of the cow kind.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Before all others in time, place, order, rank, or importance; the beginning or earliest.
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The number following six and preceding eight.
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Rich, well-fed, abundant, or fertile; also the oily substance of an animal.
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Genesis 41:21
Chewed and swallowed; also consumed or corroded.
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Recognized, understood, perceived, acknowledged, or made evident.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
To stop, as motion or agitation; to check’ or restrain; to make quiet.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Of bad or unpleasing appearance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being. The first cause; origin.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
To cease sleeping, or to arouse from sleep or inactivity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828
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From verse 18
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Open the full verse study1THE Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
2One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
3Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
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Open the full verse study5Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
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Open the full verse study8¶ And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study3And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
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Open the full verse study20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
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Open the full verse study19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
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Open the full verse study9And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
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