Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 41:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
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Role in This Section
Seven thin heads of grain, scorched by the east wind, spring up after the full heads. The verse establishes the destructive crop image but does not complete the dream.
Read It With
- Genesis 41:1–36
Read verses 5–7 and 23–27. The full and thin heads must be seen together, their consumption completes the image, and Joseph identifies them as abundance followed by famine.
Why It Needs Context
The east-wind damage is part of this dream's agricultural setting. Verse 6 alone does not explain the years, their order, or the warning's purpose.
Read Genesis 41:5–8 together
Why these verses belong together: The second dream repeats abundance consumed by scarcity, then Pharaoh's distress and the court's inability create the interpretive crisis.
Verse 5. 5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
Verse 6. 6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
Verse 7. 7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Verse 8. 8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 41:1–36 — Pharaoh Dreams, Joseph Interprets, and Egypt Is WarnedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed text, delay, dreams, recollection, summons, interpretation, counsel, response, later grain movement, and later famine administration.
Exact location: Genesis 41:1–36; 40:20–23; 41:37–57; 42:1–9; 47:13–26 in the pinned standardized 1769 KJV
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Two-full-years phrase, Nile and dream wording, troubled spirit, hartummim, cupbearer faults, pit and clothing, bil'adai, shalom Pharaoh, dream duplication, discernment, fifth, reserve, and land-preservation wording.
Exact location: WLC Genesis 41:1–36, especially vv. 1, 8–9, 14–16, 24–36
Open source ↗