Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 41:35
gather: Genesis 41:48, Genesis 41:49, Genesis 41:56, Genesis 45:6, Genesis 45:7 hand: Exodus 4:13 read more
gather: Genesis 41:48, Genesis 41:49, Genesis 41:56, Genesis 45:6, Genesis 45:7 hand: Exodus 4:13 read more
that the: Genesis 47:13-Lamentations : perish not: Heb. be not cut off, Genesis 41:30 read more
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:See the goodness of God, in sending the seven years of plenty before those of famine, that provision might be made accordingly. How wonderful wisely has Providence, that great house-keeper, ordered the affairs of this numerous family from the beginning! Great variety of seasons there have been and the produce of the earth sometimes more, and sometimes less; yet take one time with another, what was miraculous... read more
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;See the perishing nature of our worldly enjoyments. The great increase of the years of plenty was quite lost and swallowed up in the years of famine; and the overplus of it, which seemed very much, yet did but just serve to keep men alive. read more
25. The dream… is one That is, the two dreams are really but one dream, and convey one great prophecy . God hath showed The Hebrew here and in Genesis 41:28; Genesis 41:32 has the article before the name God . It is the one true God who thus graciously foretells to Pharaoh what he is about to do . read more
32. The dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice Here is incidentally given a principle of interpretation which may be profitable in the interpretation of prophecy . As God repeated the dream to Pharaoh under different symbols, so he gave through his prophets under various symbols the ideas of things that were future . So Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and Daniel’s vision of the beasts (Daniel 2:7) were one . So, doubtless, in the Apocalypse, many of the symbols, which have been explained as... read more
33. Now therefore let Pharaoh “Joseph now naturally passes from the interpreter to the adviser . He is all himself on this critical occasion . His presence of mind never forsakes him . The openness of heart and readiness of speech for which he was early distinguished, now stand him in good stead . His thorough self-command arises from spontaneously throwing himself with all his heart into the great national emergency which is before his mind . And his native simplicity of heart, practical... read more
34. Take up the fifth part Hebrews, let him fifth the land of Egypt . Perhaps tithing the produce of the land for the king was already in practice, but Joseph advises that one-fifth of their annual produce be set apart, and saved for the time of famine . read more
36. That the land perish not That is, the inhabitants of the land . read more
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 41:34
officers: or, overseers, Numbers 31:14, 2 Kings 11:11, 2 Kings 11:12, 2 Chronicles 34:12, Nehemiah 11:9 and take: Job 5:20, Psalms 33:19, Proverbs 6:6-Ruth :, Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 27:12, Luke 16:5 Reciprocal: Genesis 41:48 - General Genesis 47:24 - the fifth part read more