Genesis 41:6
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New International Version (©2011)
After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted--thin and scorched by the east wind.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were shriveled and withered by the east wind.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And behold, after them sprouted seven ears, thin and blighted by the east wind.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
After them, seven heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Suddenly seven thin ears of grain that had been scorched by an east wind sprouted up right after them

NET Bible (©2006)
Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Seven other heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted behind them.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And, behold, seven thin ears and dried by the east wind sprung up after them.

American King James Version
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

American Standard Version
And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted,

Darby Bible Translation
And behold, seven ears, thin and parched with the east wind, sprung up after them.

English Revised Version
And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

World English Bible
Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

Young's Literal Translation
and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

41:1-8 The means of Joseph's being freed from prison were Pharaoh's dreams, as here related. Now that God no longer speaks to us in that way, it is no matter how little we either heed dreams, or tell them. The telling of foolish dreams can make no better than foolish talk. But these dreams showed that they were sent of God; when he awoke, Pharaoh's spirit was troubled.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 6. - And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them - literally, burnt up of the east, קָדִים being put poetically for the fuller רוּחַ קָדִים. It has been urged that this displays a gross ignorance of the nature, of the climate in Egypt (Bohlen), since a wind directly east is rare in Egypt, and when it does occur is not injurious to vegetation; but, on the other hand, it is open to reply

(1) that direct east winds may be rare in Egypt, but so are dearth and famine such as that described in the narrative equally exceptional (Kalisch);

(2) that the Hebrews having only names to describe the four principal winds, the kadirn might comprise any wind blowing from an easterly direction (Hengstenberg); and

(3) that the south-east wind, "blowing in the months of March and April, is one of the most injurious winds, and of longest continuance" (Havernick). Hengstenberg quotes Ukert as saying, "As long as the south-east wind continues, doors and windows are closed; but the fine dust penetrates everywhere; everything dries up; wooden vessels warp and crack. The thermometer rises suddenly from 16° 20°, up to 30° 36°, and even 38°, Reaumur. This wind works destruction upon everything. The grass withers so that it entirely perishes if this wind blows long" ('Egypt and the Books of Moses,' p. 10).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And, behold, seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind,.... Which is very fatal to corn, to dry, burn, smite, or blast it; and especially to the corn in Egypt, whither it blew from the desert of Arabia: these

sprung up after them; after the seven full ears, in the same place the other did, or near unto them.

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The Dreams of Pharaoh
…5And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up on one stalk, rank and good. 6And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. 7And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. …

Genesis 41:5 He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.
Genesis 41:7 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy, full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.
Genesis 41:23 After them, seven other heads sprouted--withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.
Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feeds on the wind; he pursues the east wind all day and multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
Hosea 13:15 even though he thrives among his brothers. An east wind from the LORD will come, blowing in from the desert; his spring will fail and his well dry up. His storehouse will be plundered of all its treasures.