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Genesis 41:27 — compare English translations

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    The seven lean and ill-favored cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them seven years, and the seven thin heads of grain scorched by the east wind. There will be seven years of famine.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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