Thematic Bible: Kine illustrative
Thematic Bible
Oxen » Kine illustrative » (well favored,) of years of plenty
Suddenly, seven nice-looking well-fed cows came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
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The seven good cows are seven years. The seven good heads of grain are seven years. It is all the same dream.
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Seven years are coming when there will be plenty of food in Egypt.
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Oxen » Kine illustrative » (lean,) of years of scarcity
Seven years of famine will follow. Then people will forget that there was plenty of food in Egypt. The famine will ruin the land.
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The seven thin, sickly cows that came up behind them are seven years. The seven empty heads of grain scorched by the east wind are also seven years. Seven years of famine are coming!
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Seven other cows came up from the river behind them. These cows were sickly and skinny. They stood behind the first seven cows on the riverbank.
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Oxen » Kine illustrative » Of proud and wealthy rulers
Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), Bring us drink.
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