Genesis 41:9-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 41:9-16

Here is, 1. The recommending of Joseph to Pharaoh for an interpreter. The chief butler did it more in compliment to Pharaoh, to oblige him, than in gratitude to Joseph, or in compassion for his case. He makes a fair confession (Gen. 41:9): ?I remember my faults this day, in forgetting Joseph.? Note, It is best to remember our duty, and to do it in its time; but, if we have neglected that, it is next best to remember our faults, and repent of them, and do our duty at last; better late than... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph ,.... Sent messengers to him to come to him directly, ordered the captain of the guard, or keeper of prison, to loose him, and let him free, see Psalm 105:20 , and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon ; that is, out of the prison house; which, as Jarchi says, was made like a ditch or dungeon, or in which the dungeon was where Joseph was first put when he was brought to prison; though it cannot be thought that he continued there when he had so... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:9

I do remember my faults - It is not possible he could have forgotten the circumstance to which he here alludes; it was too intimately connected with all that was dear to him, to permit him ever to forget it. But it was not convenient for him to remember this before; and probably he would not have remembered it now, had he not seen, that giving this information in such a case was likely to serve his own interest. We are justified in thinking evil of this man because of his scandalous neglect... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:14

They brought him hastily out of the dungeon - Pharaoh was in perplexity on account of his dreams; and when he heard of Joseph, he sent immediately to get him brought before him. He shaved himself - having let his beard grow all the time he was in prison, he now trimmed it, for it is not likely that either the Egyptians or Hebrews shaved themselves in our sense of the word: the change of raiment was, no doubt, furnished out of the king's wardrobe; as Joseph, in his present circumstances,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 41:9

Verse 9 9.Then spake the chief butler. Although the Lord took pity on Egypt, yet he did it not for the sake of the king, or of the country, but that Joseph might, at length, be brought out of prison; and further, that, in the time of famine, food might be supplied to the Church: for although the produce was stored with no design beyond that of providing for the kingdom of Egypt; yet God chiefly cared for his Church, which he esteemed more highly than ten worlds. Therefore the butler, who had... read more

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