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Genesis 41

Genesis 41:5

The Dreams of Pharaoh · Genesis 41:1–13
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Translations

Modern
…but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
Traditional
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
Literal
And he slept and dreamed a second time, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, fat and good.
Latin
…rursum dormivit, et vidit alterum somnium: septem spicæ pullulabant in culmo uno plenæ atque formosæ:

Original

Hebrew
English
…but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.

Notes

Genesis 41:5–7

Pharaoh's second dream had a similar message. Seven shriveled heads of grain ate seven full heads of grain on one stalk and withered heads that grew afterward.

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

Events

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

Corn: Symbolical Dream: Pharaoh Dreams: Mentioned in Scripture of Pharaoh Heathen: Divine Revelations Given to Pharaoh Joseph: Son of Jacob of Pharaoh Kine (Bovine): Pharaoh's Dream of Prisoners: Joseph Promotion: Joseph, from Imprisoned Slave to Prince Seven: Miscellany of Sevens: Seven Cows and Seven Ears of Grain in Pharaoh's Vision Seven: Years of Abundance For Seven: Years: A Famine Lasted in Egypt For