KJV ORIGINAL
And, 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:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
And look, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and skinny, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt for how terrible they looked:
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is describing the second part of Pharaoh's dream where seven starving, sickly cows appeared after the healthy ones.
📚 Historical Context
This is Pharaoh recounting his prophetic dream to Joseph while in prison. In ancient Egypt, cows were symbols of prosperity and fertility, often associated with the goddess Hathor, making sickly cattle particularly ominous. Dreams were taken very seriously in Egyptian culture as messages from the gods.
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