Genesis 41:1

And after two yeres Pharao dreamed, and beholde, he thought that he stoode by a ryuers syde.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

In Context

2And there came out of the ryuer seuen goodly kyne, and fat fleshed, and fedde in a medowe.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:14To whom Laban sayde: Well, thou art my bone & my fleshe. And he abode with hym the space of a moneth.

Genesis 37:5Moreouer, when Ioseph had dreamed a dreame, he tolde it his brethren, which hated hym yet the more.

Isaiah 19:5The waters of the sea shall fayle, and the riuer shall decrease and be dryed vp.

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 →

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