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A Devouring Famine
Commentators explain that the image of the lean cows consuming the fat ones without getting any healthier illustrates the sheer severity of the coming famine. The seven years of hardship would be so all-consuming that they would completely erase any evidence or memory of the preceding seven years of abundance.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 41:1–57
18th Century
Theologian
- יאר ye'or — “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic.
- אחוּ 'āch…
John Gill
On Genesis 41:21
17th Century
Pastor
And when they had eaten them up Or "were come into their bowels" F11 , into their inward parts, their bellies,…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 41:9–32
17th Century
Minister
God's time for the enlargement of his people is the fittest time. If the chief butler had obtained Joseph's release from prison, he probably would …