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Text -- Genesis 41:1-24 (NET)
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Joseph’s Rise to Power
41:1 At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream . As he was standing by the Nile ,
41:2 seven fine-looking , fat cows were coming up out of the Nile , and they grazed in the reeds .
41:3 Then seven bad-looking , thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile , and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river .
41:4 The bad-looking , thin cows ate the seven fine-looking , fat cows . Then Pharaoh woke up .
41:5 Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream : There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk , healthy and good .
41:6 Then seven heads of grain , thin and burned by the east wind , were sprouting up after them.
41:7 The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads . Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream .
41:8 In the morning he was troubled , so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams , but no one could interpret them for him .
41:9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh , “Today I recall my failures .
41:10 Pharaoh was enraged with his servants , and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards – me and the chief baker .
41:11 We each had a dream one night ; each of us had a dream dream with its own meaning .
41:12 Now a young man , a Hebrew , a servant of the captain of the guards , was with us there . We told him our dreams , and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us.
41:13 It happened just as he had said to us– Pharaoh restored me to my office , but he impaled the baker.”
41:14 Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph . So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon ; he shaved himself, changed his clothes , and came before Pharaoh .
41:15 Pharaoh said to Joseph , “I had a dream , and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard about you, that you can interpret dreams .”
41:16 Joseph replied to Pharaoh , “It is not within my power, but God will speak concerning the welfare of Pharaoh .”
41:17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph , “In my dream I was standing by the edge of the Nile .
41:18 Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile , and they grazed in the reeds .
41:19 Then seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny , very bad-looking , and lean . I had never seen such bad-looking cows as these in all the land of Egypt !
41:20 The lean , bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows .
41:21 When they had eaten them, no one would have known that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before . Then I woke up .
41:22 I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stalk , full and good .
41:23 Then seven heads of grain , withered and thin and burned with the east wind , were sprouting up after them.
41:24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain . So I told all this to the diviner-priests , but no one could tell me its meaning.”
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NET Notes -> Gen 41:1; Gen 41:1; Gen 41:2; Gen 41:3; Gen 41:3; Gen 41:5; Gen 41:5; Gen 41:6; Gen 41:7; Gen 41:7; Gen 41:8; Gen 41:8; Gen 41:8; Gen 41:8; Gen 41:8; Gen 41:8; Gen 41:9; Gen 41:11; Gen 41:12; Gen 41:12; Gen 41:12; Gen 41:12; Gen 41:13; Gen 41:13; Gen 41:13; Gen 41:14; Gen 41:15; Gen 41:15; Gen 41:15; Gen 41:15; Gen 41:16; Gen 41:16; Gen 41:16; Gen 41:17; Gen 41:18; Gen 41:19; Gen 41:19; Gen 41:20; Gen 41:21; Gen 41:21; Gen 41:22; Gen 41:23; Gen 41:24; Gen 41:24
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NET Notes: Gen 41:2 Heb “And look, he was standing by the Nile, and look, from the Nile were coming up seven cows, attractive of appearance and fat of flesh.”...
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NET Notes: Gen 41:3 Heb “the Nile.” This has been replaced by “the river” in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Gen 41:7 Pharaoh’s two dreams, as explained in the following verses, pertained to the economy of Egypt. Because of the Nile River, the land of Egypt weat...
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NET Notes: Gen 41:8 Heb “for Pharaoh.” The pronoun “him” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Gen 41:9 Heb “sins, offenses.” He probably refers here to the offenses that landed him in prison (see 40:1).
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NET Notes: Gen 41:11 Heb “and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we dreamed.”
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NET Notes: Gen 41:12 Heb “and he interpreted for us our dreams, each according to his dream he interpreted.”
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NET Notes: Gen 41:13 Heb “him”; the referent (the baker) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Gen 41:15 Heb “you hear a dream to interpret it,” which may mean, “you only have to hear a dream to be able to interpret it.”
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NET Notes: Gen 41:17 Heb “In my dream look, I was standing.” The use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) he...
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NET Notes: Gen 41:18 Heb “and look, from the Nile seven cows were coming up, fat of flesh and attractive of appearance, and they grazed in the reeds.”
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