Genesis 41:1

It was 2 years later that Pharaoh, the king of Egypt had a dream. In his dream he saw himself standing next to the Nile 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

2He saw 7 cows come up out of the river. They were fat and looked really good, and they started to eat the river grass next to the water.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:14Then Laban said, “You are family for me.” Jacob stayed and worked for his uncle for one month.

Genesis 37:5One day, Joseph had a dream and he told his brothers about it. He said, “I had a dream last night. All of us were out in the paddock tying up bundles of long grass, called wheat. My bundle was standing up in the middle and all your wheat was standing in a circle around my wheat. Then your wheat bowed down to my wheat.”

Esther 6:1In those days it was someone's job to write down in a book everything that happened in the country of Persia. It was called The Book about the Persian Nation. When the supper with Queen Esther was finished, King Zerk-sees went home to sleep. But he could not go to sleep, so he asked one of his workers to get The Book about the Persian Nation, and read it to him.

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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