GEN 41:18 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and then listen, up from the river came seven cows. They were well-fed and good-looking, and they grazed among the reeds.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ὥσπερ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀνέβαινον ἑπτὰ βόες καλαὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ἐκλεκταὶ ταῖς σαρξὶ, καὶ ἐνέμοντο ἐν τῷ Ἄχει.
(Kai hōsper ek tou potamou anebainon hepta boes kalai tōi eidei kai eklektai tais sarxi, kai enemonto en tōi Aⱪei. )

BrTr and there came up as it were out of the river, seven cows well-favoured and choice-fleshed, and they fed on the sedge.

ULT Then behold, from the river came up seven cows, fat-fleshed and of fine form, and they grazed among the reeds.

UST Then suddenly, seven fat, healthy-looking cows walked up out of the river onto the bank and started eating the tall grass that was there.

BSB when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

OEB I saw seven cows, fat and good-looking, which had been feeding in the river grass.

WEBBE and behold, seven fat and sleek cattle came up out of the river. They fed in the marsh grass;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.

LSV and behold, out of the River coming up are seven cows, fat [in] flesh, and of beautiful form, and they feed among the reeds;

FBV I saw seven cows coming up from the river. They looked well-fed and healthy as they grazed among the reeds.

T4T Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.

LEB and behold, seven cows, well built and fat,[fn] were coming up from the Nile, and they grazed among the reeds.

41:18 Literally “beautiful of appearance and healthy of flesh”

BBE And out of the Nile came seven cows, fat and good-looking, and their food was the river-grass;

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JPS And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in the reed-grass.

ASV and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:

DRA 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.

YLT and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat [in] flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;

Drby And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and of fine form, and they fed in the reed-grass.

RV and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in the reed-grass:

Wbstr And behold, there came out of the river seven cows, fat-fleshed, and well-favored; and they fed in a meadow:

KJB-1769 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

KJB-1611 And behold, there came vp out of the riuer seuen kine, fat fleshed and well fauoured, and they fed in a medow.
(And behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat fleshd and well favoured, and they fed in a medow.)

Bshps And there came out of the ryuer seuen fat flesshed and well fauoured kyne, and fedde in a medowe.
(And there came out of the river seven fat fleshd and well favoured kyne, and fedde in a meadow.)

Gnva And lo, there came vp out of the riuer seuen fat fleshed, and welfauoured kine, and they fedde in the medowe.
(And lo, there came up out of the river seven fat fleshd, and welfauoured kine, and they fedde in the meadow. )

Cvdl seuen kyne, fatfleshed and goodly, and wente fedinge in ye medowe.
(seven kyne, fatfleshed and goodly, and went fedinge in ye/you_all meadow.)

Wycl and seuene kiyn, ful faire and with fleischis able to etyng, stieden fro the watir, whiche kiyn gaderiden grene seggis in the pasture of the marreis;
(and seven kiyn, full fair and with fleshis able to etyng, stieden from the water, which kiyn gathereden grene seggis in the pasture of the marreis;)

Luth und sah aus dem Wasser steigen sieben schöne fette Kühe, und gingen an der Weide im Grase.
(and saw out_of to_him water climb seven beautiful fette Kühe, and went at the/of_the Weide in_the Grase.)

ClVg et septem boves de amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, et obesis carnibus: quæ in pastu paludis virecta carpebant.
(and seven cattle about amne conscendere, pulchras nimis, and obesis carnibus: which in pastu paludis virecta carpebant. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וְ⁠הִנֵּ֣ה

and=see/lo/see!

Compare how you translated verse 2, which is similar but not identical to verse 18. Alternate translation: “Then I saw that”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

מִן הַ⁠יְאֹ֗ר עֹלֹת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פָּר֔וֹת בְּרִיא֥וֹת בָּשָׂ֖ר וִ⁠יפֹ֣ת תֹּ֑אַר

from/more_than the,Nile came_up seven cows ones_fat_of flesh/meat and,ones_sleek_of form

Alternate translation: “seven cows that were fat and healthy-looking came up out of the river onto the bank” or “seven well-fed, healthy-looking cows came up out of the river onto the bank”

וַ⁠תִּרְעֶ֖ינָה בָּ⁠אָֽחוּ

and,grazed in/on/at/with,reeds

Alternate translation: “and started grazing on”

בָּ⁠אָֽחוּ

in/on/at/with,reeds

Alternate translation: “the plants that were there.” or “the tall grass beside the river.”

Parallel GEN 41:18