Genesis 41:32

And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
dream	הַחֲל֛וֹם ha.cha.Lom	H2472	a dream · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
doubled	הִשָּׁנ֧וֹת hi.sha.Not	H8138	to fold · verb, niphal infinitive construct
Pharaoh	פַּרְעֹ֖ה par.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, masculine singular absolute
twice	פַּעֲמָ֑יִם pa.'a.Ma.yim	H6471	a stroke · noun, common feminine dual absolute
thing	הַדָּבָר֙ ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
established	נָכ֤וֹן na.Khon	H3559	properly · verb, niphal active participle, masculine singular absolute
by	מֵעִ֣ם me.'Im	H5973	adverb or preposition · preposition + preposition
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
shortly	וּמְמַהֵ֥ר u.me.ma.Her	H4116	properly · conjunction + verb, piel active participle, masculine singular absolute
pass	לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ la.'a.so.To	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken…
Isaiah 46:10-11 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do…
Isaiah 14:24-27 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
2 Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
Genesis 37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round ab…
Genesis 37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon…
Job 33:14-15 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:17-32

Here, I. Pharaoh relates his dream. He dreamt that he stood upon the bank of the river Nile, and saw the kine, both the fat ones and the lean ones, come out of the river. For the kingdom of Egypt had no rain, as appears, Zac 14:18, but the plenty of the year depended upon the overflowing of the river, and it was about one certain time of the year that it overflowed. If it rose to fifteen or sixteen cubits, there was plenty; if to twelve or thirteen only, or under, there was scarcity. See how many ways Providence has of dispensing its gifts; yet, whatever the second causes are, our dependence is still the same upon the first Cause, who makes every creature that to us that it is, be it rain or…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:25

JOSEPH INTERPRETS PHARAOH'S DREAMS. (Gen 41:25-36) Joseph said, . . . The dream . . . is one--They both pointed to the same event--a remarkable dispensation of seven years of unexampled abundance, to be followed by a similar period of unparalleled dearth. The repetition of the dream in two different forms was designed to show the absolute certainty and speedy arrival of this public crisis; the interpretation was accompanied by several suggestions of practical wisdom for meeting so great an emergency as was impending.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 41:31

The plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following - As Egypt depends for its fertility on the flowing of the Nile, and this flowing is not always equal, there must be a point to which it must rise to saturate the land sufficiently, in order to produce grain sufficient for the support of its inhabitants. Pliny, Hist. Nat., lib. v., cap. 9, has given us a scale by which the plenty and dearth may be ascertained; and, from what I have been able to collect from modern travelers, this scale may be yet considered as perfectly correct. Justum incrementum est cubitorum 16. Minores aquae non omnia rigant, ampliores detinent, tardius recedendo. Hae serendi tempora absumunt, s…

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The Church Fathers

And the third time He went and spake the same thing, establishing the fact, that He was become man. For the second and third time is in the Scriptures especially indicative of truth; like as Joseph also said to Pharaoh, "Did the dream appear to thee the second time? For truth was this done, and that thou mightest be assured that this shall surely be." Therefore He too once, and twice, and three times spake the same thing, for the sake of proving the incarnation.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 83

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Dictionary and topics

Divination — Of false prophets (Deut. 18:10, 14; Micah 3:6, 7, 11), of necromancers (1 Sam. 28:8), of the Philistine priests and diviners (1 Sam. 6:2), of Balaam (Josh. 13:22). Three kinds of divination are…
Famine — The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the land of Egypt (Gen. 26:1). Another is mentioned as having occurred in the days of Isaac, causing him to go to…
Kine — (Heb. sing. parah, i.e., “fruitful”), mentioned in Pharaoh’s dream (Gen. 41: 18). Here the word denotes “buffaloes,” which fed on the reeds and sedge by the river’s brink.
Pharaoh — The official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks. (See EGYPT.) The name is a compound, as some think, of the words Ra, the “sun” or…
Egypt · History of Israel in: Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams — History of Israel in: Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams
Government · Paternal functions of — Paternal functions of
Joseph · .Of Pharaoh — .Of Pharaoh
Prisoners · Joseph — Joseph
Promotion · .Joseph, from impri — .Joseph, from impri
Wisdom · Of Joseph — Of Joseph

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Genesis 41:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:17-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:25

Adam Clarke on Genesis 41:31

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 41:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:17-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 41:25

Adam Clarke on Genesis 41:31

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Genesis 41:32

John Calvin on Genesis 41:32

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 41:14-36

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 41:32