Bible Strands
Genesis 41:6
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Pharaoh narrates a second dream to his attendants while imprisoned in Egypt, describing seven additional stalks that appear after his first vision. The account occurs before Joseph arrives to interpret the paired sequence.
The words — שְׁדוּפֹת (she.du.Fot) translates literally as "scorched" or "blasted," while דַקּוֹת (da.Kot) means "thin." Both terms describe the physical state of the grain before any prophetic meaning is applied.
The thread — The east wind (קָדִים, ka.Dim) functions as a destructive agent in Ezekiel 17:10 and Ezekiel 19:12, where it withers transplanted vegetation. Hosea 13:15 likewise identifies the desert east wind as an instrument of judgment.
Why it lands — The text records a second agricultural disaster that directly follows the first vision, establishing a strict chronological order. It requires the reader to track how natural phenomena are arranged to signal a specific timeline of plenty and famine.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 17:10 Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
- Ezekiel 19:12 But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
- Hosea 13:15 Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.