Genesis 41:6 - Exposition

And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them —literally, burnt up of the east, קָדִים being put poetically for the fuller רוּחַ קָדִים . It has been urged that this displays a gross ignorance of the nature, of the climate in Egypt (Bohlen), since a wind directly east is rare in Egypt, and when it does occur is not injurious to vegetation; but, on the other hand, it is open to reply