Genesis 41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:4

And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine ,.... So it seemed in the dream as if this was done, was very strange and surprising that animals should devour one another; and especially that tame ones, cows or heifers, should eat those of their own species, which was never known to be done: so Pharaoh awoke ; through surprise at the strange sight he had in his dream. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:5

And he slept, and dreamed the second time ,.... He fell asleep again quickly, and dreamed another dream the same night, and to the same purpose, being much of the like kind with the former: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good ; which were very uncommon even in those fruitful countries; though Dr. Shaw F5 Travels, p. 137. Ed. 2. observes of Barbary, which vied with Egypt for fruitfulness, that it sometimes happens that one stalk of wheat will bear... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:6

And, behold, seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind ,.... Which is very fatal to corn, to dry, burn, smite, or blast it; and especially to the corn in Egypt, whither it blew from the desert of Arabia: these sprung up after them ; after the seven full ears, in the same place the other did, or near unto them. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:7

And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears ,.... So it appeared to Pharaoh in his dream, which must be very amazing to behold, and unaccountable how it should be: and Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream ; not a real fact, but a dream; yet not a common dream, but had some important signification in it; it not vanishing from his mind, but abode upon it, which made him conclude there was something more than common in it, and made him very desirous to have the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:8

And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled ,.... With the thoughts of his dreams; they were uppermost in his mind; he was continually thinking of them; it was as if he had always the same images before him now awake, as well as when asleep, and therefore could not be easy without getting knowledge of the meaning of them: and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof ; who pretended to have great skill in the things of nature,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:9

Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh ,.... When the magicians and wise men could not interpret his dreams, he was in distress of mind on that account: saying, I do remember my faults this day ; which some interpret of his forgetfulness of Joseph and his afflictions, and of his ingratitude to him, and breach of promise in not making mention of him to Pharaoh before this time; but they seem rather to be faults he had committed against Pharaoh, and were the reason of his being wroth... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:10

Pharaoh was wroth with his servants ,.... Not with all of them, but with the butler and the baker. Aben Ezra observes here, that Pharaoh was not the proper name of this king, but a title of office, and signifies the king; for it cannot be thought that the butler would use such freedom in his presence as to call him by his name: the true name of this prince, according to the eastern writers F6 Juchasin, fol. 135. 2. , was Rian ben Walid; others take him to be Aphophis, the third of the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:11

And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he ,.... In one and the same night: we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream ; they both dreamed exactly what should befall them, as it was interpreted to them; the dreams, the interpretation of them, and the events, answered to each other. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:12

And there was there with us a young man ,.... Who was in the prison with them, had the care of them, and waited upon them; he was then about twenty eight years of age; for it was two years ago he speaks of, and Joseph was thirty when he stood before Pharaoh, Genesis 41:46 , an Hebrew servant to the captain of the guard ; he first describes him by his age, a young man, then by his descent, an Hebrew, and by his state and condition, a servant; neither of them tended much to recommend... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:13

And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was ,.... The event answered to the interpretation, and showed it to be right; this is frequently hinted and repeated, to show the exactness and certainty of the interpretation given, in order to recommend Joseph to Pharaoh the more: me he restored unto my office, and him he hanged : that is, Joseph interpreted the butler's dream to such a sense, that he should be restored to his butlership, and accordingly he was; and the baker's... read more

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