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Genesis 41

Genesis 41:22

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams · Genesis 41:14–36
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Translations

Modern
In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
Traditional
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
Literal
And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good,
Latin
…vidi somnium. Septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque pulcherrimæ.

Original

Hebrew
English
In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.

Notes

Genesis 41:17–24

Pharaoh recounted his dreams and testified that no human wisdom could interpret them.

Genesis 41:1–46

God had used two dreams to identify Joseph as a leader among his brothers (37:5–11). He used two dreams to test Joseph’s faith in prison (40:5–14). Now God used two more dreams to raise Joseph from prison to a place of high honor and authority.

Joseph had shown that he was faithful in small tasks. Now God would give him responsibility over greater things.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Pharaoh Symbolic Numbers Visions

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Butler Dreams Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Nile River Patriarchs, Period of the Prophecy Wheat

Topics

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