"And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they {were} still ill favoured, as …" — Genesis 41:21

Genesis 41:21 · KJV

“And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they {were} still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. {eaten...: Heb. come to the inward parts of them}”

— Genesis 41:21

Verse 20

And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

Verse 22

And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

Genesis 41 — Context

And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they {were} still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. {eaten...: Heb. come to the inward parts of them}

And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, {and} blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: {withered: or, small}

Cross References

Revelation 10:9-10

And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take {it}, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

Isaiah 9:20

And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: {snatch: Heb cut}

Ezekiel 3:3

And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat {it}; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Psalms 37:19

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.