Genesis 41:1
Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;
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2And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass.
Cross References
Genesis 29:14And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.
Genesis 37:5Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.
Exodus 1:22And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.
Deuteronomy 11:10For the land where you are going is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you put in your seeds, watering them with your foot, like a planted garden:
Esther 6:1That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,
Isaiah 19:5And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:1
Two things Providence is here bringing about:—I. The advancement of Joseph. II. The maintenance of Jacob and his family in a time of famine; for the eyes of the Lord run to and fro through the earth, and direct the affairs of the children of men for the benefit of those few whose hearts are upright with him. In order to these, we have here, 1. Pharaoh's dreams, ver. 1-8 . 2. The recommendation of Joseph to him for an interpreter, ver. 9-13 . 3. The interpretation of the dreams, and the prediction of seven years of… Read the whole commentary →