Thematic Bible: Kine illustrative
Thematic Bible
Oxen » Kine illustrative » (well favored,) of years of plenty
when seven healthy-looking, well-fed cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads are seven years. The dreams mean the same thing.
Oxen » Kine illustrative » (lean,) of years of scarcity
After them, seven years of famine will take place, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will devastate the land.
The seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven worthless, scorched heads of grain are seven years of famine.
After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside those cows along the bank of the Nile.
Oxen » Kine illustrative » Of proud and wealthy rulers
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”