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F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 41:1-13

Pharaoh Dreams of Cattle and of Ears of Grain Genesis 41:1-13 This chapter tells of ascension and exaltation,… and affords an inimitable type of the issue of our Lord’s humiliation and death. Like Joseph, He went and preached to spirits in prison, and then God highly exalted Him, and gave him a Name above every name. Rejected by his brethren, refused by those to whom he was sent, falsely accused and condemned, classed with the wicked, thrust into prison, rescuing one of his poor associates,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 41:1-57

Still the divine activity proceeded. Now it was Pharaoh who dreamed, and now the butler remembered. The result was that Joseph was brought before the king, and as he stood in the royal presence he was still the same man, dependent on God and proclaiming his dependence. In answer to the king's declaration that he had heard of his power to interpret dreams, Joseph said, "it is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace." He then proceeded to interpret Pharaoh's dreams. The result was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:1-4

Joseph Is Called Before Pharaoh and Interprets His Dreams - He Is Made Vizier (Genesis 41:1-57 ) Genesis 41:1-4 ‘And it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh dreamed, and behold he stood by the River Nile, and behold there came up out of the Nile seven cows, well-favoured and fat-fleshed, and they fed in the reed grass. And behold seven other cows came up after them out of the Nile, gaunt and thin and bony, and stood by the other cows on the brink of the Nile. And the gaunt, thin... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:5-7

‘And he slept and dreamed a second time, and behold, seven ears of corn came up on one stalk, fat and good, and behold, seven ears sprung up after them, thin and blasted with the east wind, and the thin ears swallowed up the seven fat and full ears. And Pharaoh woke up and behold it was a dream.’ Pharaoh’s second dream is of the growth of good sevenfold corn and then of the growth of thin and wind-blasted corn, and as can happen in dreams the thin corn swallowed up the good corn. Pharaoh... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:1-57

Genesis 41. Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’ s Dreams and is Made Viceroy of Egypt.— This is mainly from E, Genesis 41:1-Hosea : apart from Genesis 41:15 b, and perhaps Genesis 41:9 b entirely so. But J has been used as well in the later part. It is not worth while to attempt analysis since the two narratives must have been closely parallel. Genesis 41:46 a belongs to P.The two dreams are modelled on the same lines, and mean the same thing ( cf. Genesis 37:5-1 Kings : and Peter’ s triple vision,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 41:1

Two full years, after the butler's restitution to his place. Heb. Years of days, for full years, as 2 Samuel 14:28; Jeremiah 28:3; as a month of days is put for a full month, Genesis 29:14, which is complete to a day. Nilus is called the river simply, because of its eminency, as Homer or Virgil are called the poet. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 41:2

This suits well with the nature of the thing, for both the fruitfulness and the barrenness of Egypt depended, under God, upon the increase or diminution of the waters of that river. Kine, when they appeared in dreams, did portend, in the opinion of the learned Egyptians, the years or times to come, and them either good or bad, according to their quality. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 41:3

Which shows how sparingly the river overflowed the lands. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 41:5

Ears of corn are fit and proper resemblances of the thing here intended, both because the fertility of a land doth mainly consist in the abundance and goodness of these; and because ears of corn appearing to any in a dream, did, in the judgment of the Egyptian wise men, signify years, as Josephus notes. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 41:6

A boisterous wind, and in those parts of the world very pernicious to the fruits of the earth, Ezekiel 17:10; Ezekiel 19:12; Hosea 13:15. read more

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 41:1-13

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 41:1-57

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:1-4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:5-7

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:1-57

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 41:1

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 41:2

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 41:3

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 41:5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 41:6

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