Blasted by the east wind Coming through the parched deserts of Arabia, and very pernicious in Egypt. Thevenot, in his Travels, part 1, Genesis 50:2, c. 34, says, that in the year 1658 two thousand men were destroyed in one night by one of these blasting winds.
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Genesis 41:6
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.