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The ill-favored and lean-fleshed cattle ate up the seven well-favored and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
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A Shocking, Unnatural Vision
Commentator John Gill highlights the sheer strangeness of the dream: cows devouring other cows. This unnatural and surprising event was so startling that it woke Pharaoh. The bizarre imagery was a clear sign that this was not an ordinary dream but a significant, divinely-sent message.
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