Genesis 41:1
After two years, Pharaoh saw a dream. He thought himself to be standing above a river,
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2from which ascended seven cows, exceedingly beautiful and stout. And they pastured in marshy places.
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Genesis 29:14he responded, “You are my bone and my flesh.” And after the days of one month were completed,
Genesis 37:5Then it also happened that he recounted the vision of a dream to his brothers, for which reason a greater hatred began to be nurtured.
Exodus 1:22Therefore, Pharaoh instructed all his people, saying: “Whatever will be born of the male sex, cast it into the river; whatever will be born of the female sex, retain it.”
Deuteronomy 11:10For the land, which you shall enter and possess, is not like the land of Egypt, from which you departed, where, when seed has been sown, waters are brought in by irrigation, in the manner of gardens.
Esther 6:1The king passed that night without sleep, and so he ordered the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought to him. And when they were reading them before him,
Isaiah 19:5And the waters of the sea will dry up, and the river will be desolate and dry.
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 →