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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:8

spirit. Hebrew. ruach. See App-9 . magicians. Priests were divided into four classes; and five priests chosen from them were the king's councillors. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:13

as = according as. he restored: he = Joseph. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject). i.e. he declared I should be restored. he hanged: he = Joseph. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject). App-6 . = declared he would be hanged. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:14

brought him hastily out. Hebrew made him run. shaved. The beard was a disgrace in Egypt; shaving a disgrace in Palestine. Compare 1 Samuel 10:4 . read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:15

dreamed a dream. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6 . = I have had a significant dream. read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:30

seven years. This explains and confirms the hieroglyphic inscription discovered by Wilbour at Sehel (first cataract). It is referred to in another inscription in the tomb of Baba, at El-Kab, translated by Brugsch (History of Egypt, i, 304). In July 1908, Brugsch Bey discovered inscriptions which tell how "for seven successive years the Nile did not overflow, and vegetation withered and failed; that the land was devoid of crops, and that during these years, famine and misery devastated the... read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:32

doubled. To denote its establishment by God. Compare Isaiah 40:2 ; Isaiah 61:7 . Jeremiah 16:18 ; Jeremiah 17:18 . Zechariah 9:12 .Revelation 18:6 . twice. Figure of speech Ellipsis ( App-6 ) = "[and sent] twice. " read more

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