Genesis 41:1

And it came to pass at the end of two years of days, that, Pharaoh, was dreaming, when lo! he was standing by the river (Nile);

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 lo! from the river, were coming up seven heifers, comely in appearance and fat in flesh,—and they fed among the rushes.

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Cross References

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

Genesis 37:5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brethren, and they went on yet more to hate him.

Exodus 1:22Then gave Pharaoh command to all his people saying—Every son that is born to the Hebrews, into the river, shall ye cast him; But every daughter, shall ye suffer to live.

Deuteronomy 11:10For the land which thou art entering to, possess, not like the land of Egypt, it is, from whence ye came out,—where thou didst sow thy seed, and then water it with thy foot, like a garden of herbs;

Esther 6:1During that night, the sleep of the king fled,—and he commanded to bring in the book of remembrance, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

Isaiah 19:5And the waters shall be dried up from the great stream,—And the River, shall waste and be 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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