genesis-41:33-41-niv

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:1-45

Joseph before Pharaoh, or from the prison to the throne. I. THE DREAMS OF THE MONARCH . 1. His midnight visions . Two full years have expired since the memorable birthday of Pharaoh which sent the baker to ignominious execution, but restored the butler to the favor of his royal master. Slumbering upon his bed, the king of Egypt seems to stand among the tall grass upon the banks of the Nile. First seven well-formed and full-fleshed heifers appear to climb up one after the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:1-57

The tried man is now made ready by long experience for his position of responsibility and honor. He is thirty years old. He can commence his public ministry for the people of God and the world. Pharaoh's dreams, the kine and the ears of corn, like those of the butler and baker, have their natural element in them; but apart from the Spirit of God Joseph would not have dared to give them such an interpretation. Even had his intelligence penetrated the secret, he would not have ventured on a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:33-36

Now therefore (adds Joseph, passing on to suggest measures suitable to meet the extraordinary emergency predicted) let Pharaoh look out a man discreet ( נָבוֹן , niph. part. of בִּין , intelligent, discerning), and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers (literally, let him set overseers, פְקִדִים , from פָּקַד , to look after, in hiph. to cause to look after) over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:37-38

And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. The advice tendered recommended itself to the-king and his ministers. And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is ? The Ruach Elohim, as understood by Pharaoh, meant the sagacity and intelligence of a deity (cf. Numbers 27:18 ; Job 32:8 ; Proverbs 2:6 ; Daniel 4:8 , Daniel 4:18 ; Daniel 5:11 , Daniel 5:14 ; Daniel 6:3 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:39-40

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as (literally, after ) God (Elohim) hath showed thee (literally, hath caused thee to know ) all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled— literally, according to thy mouth shall all my people dispose themselves, i.e. they shall render obedience to thy commands ( LXX ; Vulgate, Onkelos, Saadias, Pererius, Dathius, Rosenmüller, Keil,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:40

Joseph as prime minister. "Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou." Sudden elevations are often the precursors of sudden falls. It was not so with Joseph. He filled satisfactorily his position, retaining it to the end of life. He made himself indispensable to Pharaoh and to the country. He was a man of decision. Seeing what had to be done, he hesitated not in commencing it. Going from the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:41-43

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph. See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt . This was the royal edict constituting Joseph grand vizier or prime minister of the empire: the formal installation in office followed. And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand ,—the use of a signet-ring by the monarch, which Bohlen admits to be in accordance with the accounts of classic authors, has recently received a remarkable illustration by the discovery at Koujunjik, the site of the ancient Nineveh, of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 41:1-57

- Joseph Was Exalted1. יאר ye'or, “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic.2. אחוּ 'āchû, “sedge, reed-grass, marsh-grass.” This word is probably Coptic.8. חרטמים charṭumı̂ym, ἐξηγηταὶ exēgētai, ἱερογραμματεῖς hierogrammateis, “sacred scribes, hieroglyphs.” חרט chereṭ “stylus,” a graving tool.43. אברך 'abrēk “bend the knee.” In this sense it is put for הברך habrēk imperative hiphil of ברך bārak. Those who take the word to be Coptic render it... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 41:33

Genesis 41:33. Let Pharaoh look out a man It was not presumption in Joseph to offer this advice to Pharaoh, considering that God, by him, had given Pharaoh the fore-knowledge of what was about to come to pass, and what greatly concerned both him and his whole kingdom. Indeed, the advice was only that he should make a practical and proper use of the revelation now made to him. Joseph, in giving this counsel, could have no view to his own advancement to this office; as any thing of that kind,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 41:34

Genesis 41:34. Let him appoint officers to take up a fifth part Not by force or violence, but by purchase at the common price, which would probably be very low during these years of plenty. But why only a fifth part, seeing the years of famine were to be as many as the years of plenty? 1st, Because people would live more sparingly in the time of the famine. 2d, It is likely that many persons, in all parts of the country, besides the king, would lay up great quantities of corn, both... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:1-45

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:1-57

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:33-36

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:37-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:39-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:40

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 41:41-43

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 41:1-57

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 41:33

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 41:34

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