Genesis 41:1
And it was at the end of two years that Pharoh dreamed, and, behold, he stood by the River.
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Genesis 29:14And Laban said to him, Thou art, however, my near (kinsman), and thou art my flesh. And he abode with him a month of days.
Genesis 37:5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and showed it to his brothers, and they hated him the more.
Exodus 1:22But Pharoh commanded all his people, saying, Every son who is born to the Jews you shall throw into the river, and every daughter you shall keep alive.
Deuteronomy 11:10For the land into which thou art going to possess it, is not as the land of Mizraim from which thou hast come out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and didst water it with thy feet as a garden of herbs (or a green garden);
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 →