Genesis 41:23 Explained in Context

Verse 17. ¹⁷ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

Verse 18. ¹⁸ And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

Verse 19. ¹⁹ And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

Verse 20. ²⁰ And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

Verse 21. ²¹ And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

Verse 22. ²² And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

Verse 23. ²³ And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

Verse 24. ²⁴ And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.