Genesis 41:1

At the end of two full years, 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

2Behold, seven cattle came up out of the river. They were sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:14Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” Jacob stayed with him for a month.

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

Exodus 1:22Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

Deuteronomy 11:10For the land, where you go in to possess isn’t like the land of Egypt that you came out of, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;

Esther 6:1On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

Isaiah 19:5The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will 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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