Genesis 41:19
Good News Translation
Then seven other cows came up which were thin and bony. They were the poorest cows I have ever seen anywhere in Egypt.

New Revised Standard Version
Then seven other cows came up after them, poor, very ugly, and thin. Never had I seen such ugly ones in all the land of Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
Next, seven skinny, bony cows came up out of the river. I have never seen such terrible looking cows anywhere in Egypt.

New American Bible
Behind them came seven other cows, scrawny, most ill-formed and gaunt. Never have I seen such bad specimens as these in all the land of Egypt!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill-favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt:

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And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill-favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt:

poor.

Ruth 3:10 And he said: Blessed art thou of the Lord, my daughter, and thy latter kindness has surpassed the former: because thou hast not followed young men either poor or rich.

Context
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams
18And seven kine came up out of the river, exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture. 19And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill-favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt:20And they devoured and consumed the former,…
Cross References
Genesis 41:3
Other seven also came up out of the river, ill-favoured, and lean fleshed: and they fed on the very bank of the river, in green places:

Genesis 41:18
And seven kine came up out of the river, exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture.

Genesis 41:20
And they devoured and consumed the former,

Genesis 41:18
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