Genesis 41:6 (BSB)

After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.

From Genesis 41. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 41:6

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 41:1-8: Observe, 1. The delay of Joseph's enlargement. It was not till the end of two full years (Gen 41:1); so long he waited after he had entrusted the chief butler with his case and began to have some prospect of relief. Note, We have need of patience, not only bearing, but waiting, patience. Joseph lay in prison until the time that his word came, Psa 105:19.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 41:6: And, behold, seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind,.... Which is very fatal to corn, to dry, burn, smite, or blast it; and especially to the corn in Egypt, whither it blew from the desert of Arabia: these sprung up after them; after the seven full ears, in the same place the other did, or near unto them.
• Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on Genesis 41:6: Blasted with the east wind - It has been very properly observed that all the mischief done to corn or fruit, by blasting, smutting, mildews, locusts, etc., is attributed to the east wind. See Exo 10:13; Exo 14:21; Psa 78:26; Eze 17:10; Jon 4:8. In Egypt it is peculiarly destructive, because it comes through the parched deserts of Arabia, often destroying vast numbers of men and women.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Genesis 41:1-6: Gen 41:1-6 Pharaoh’s Dreams and Their Interpretation. - Two full years afterwards (ימים accus. “in days,” as in Gen 29:14) Pharaoh had a dream. He was standing by the Nile, and saw seven fine fat cows ascend from the Nile and feed in the Nile-grass (אחוּ an Egyptian word); and behind them seven others, ugly (according to Gen 41:19, unparalleled in their ugliness), lean (בּשׂר...