Genesis 41:1

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

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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, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:14And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

Genesis 37:5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

Exodus 1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

Deuteronomy 11:10For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;

Esther 6:1On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

Isaiah 19:5And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become 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 →

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