Genesis 41:1

THE DREAMS OF PHARAOH, Genesis 41:1-8.

1. Two full years Hebrews, two years of days . Comp . Genesis 29:14. This may mean two years from the date of Joseph’s imprisonment, or from the date of the butler’s release. More naturally it would mean the latter, as being the thing last mentioned.

The river Hebrews, היאר , the yeor, an Egyptian word, and used in the Pentateuch always of the Nile . It was suitable that the dream-vision of Pharaoh should be associated with the sacred river, which was to Egypt the source of fertility and life.