26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
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And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover.
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-32)Here, I. Pharaoh relates his dream. He dreamt that he stood upon the bank of the river Nile, and saw the kine, both the fat ones and the lean ones, come out of the river. For the kingdom of Egypt had no rain, as appears, Zech. 14:18; but the plenty of the year depended upon the overflowing of the river, and it was about one certain time of the year that it overflowed. If it rose to fifteen or sixt…
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