Ge 41:1-24. PHARAOH'S DREAM.
1. at the end of two full years--It is not certain whether these
years are reckoned from the beginning of Joseph's imprisonment, or from
the events described in the preceding chapter--most likely the latter.
What a long time for Joseph to experience the sickness of hope
deferred! But the time of his enlargement came when he had sufficiently
learned the lessons of God designed for him; and the plans of
Providence were matured.
Pharaoh dreamed--"Pharaoh," from an Egyptian word Phre,
signifying the "sun," was the official title of the kings of that
country. The prince, who occupied the throne of Egypt, was Aphophis,
one of the Memphite kings, whose capital was On or Heliopolis, and who
is universally acknowledged to have been a patriot king. Between the
arrival of Abraham and the appearance of Joseph in that country,
somewhat more than two centuries had elapsed. Kings sleep and dream, as
well as their subjects. And this Pharaoh had two dreams in one night so
singular and so similar, so distinct and so apparently significant, so
coherent and vividly impressed on his memory, that his spirit was
troubled.
JFB.
Outline
1 Pharaoh's two dreams
25 Joseph interprets them
33 Josephe gives Pharaoh counsel
38 Joseph is promoted
50 The birth of Manasseh and Ephraim
53 The famine begins
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