Genesis 41:1

And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River,

Young's Literal Translation

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 coming up are seven kine, of fair appearance, and fat [in] flesh, and they feed among the reeds;

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Cross References

Genesis 29:14and Laban saith to him, 'Only my bone and my flesh [art] thou;' and he dwelleth with him a month of days.

Genesis 37:5And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.

Exodus 1:22and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, 'Every son who is born — into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.'

Deuteronomy 11:10'For the land whither thou art going in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt whence ye have come out, where thou sowest thy seed, and hast watered with thy foot, as a garden of the green herb;

Esther 6:1On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,

Isaiah 19:5And failed have waters from the sea, And a river is wasted and dried up.

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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