Genesis 41:23

Withered. — This word occurs only in this place. Its meaning is stony, that is, the grains were shrivelled and hard like bits of grit.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them;
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withered. or, small. thin. Genesis 41:6 2 Kings 19:26 Psalms 129:6 Psalms 129:7 Hosea 8:7 Hosea 9:16 Hosea 13:15 blasted.
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²³ And, behold, seven ears, withered,b thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

Related Commentaries of Genesis 41:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 41:23