Genesis 41:20

41:20 The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven ¹  fat cows.

Genesis 41:4

41:4 The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

Genesis 41:3

41:3 Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, ²  and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river. ³ 

Genesis 41:27

41:27 The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent ⁴  seven years of famine.

¹ tn Heb “the seven first fat cows.”

² tn Heb “And look, seven other cows were coming up after them from the Nile, bad of appearance and thin of flesh.”

³ tn Heb “the Nile.” This has been replaced by “the river” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “are.” Another option is to translate, “There will be seven years of famine.”