And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass at the end of two full years,.... It is not a clear case, as Aben Ezra observes, from whence these years are to be reckoned, whether from the time of Joseph's being put into…
- Joseph Was Exalted 1. יאר ye'or, “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic. 2. אחוּ 'āchû, “sedge, reed-grass, marsh-grass.” This word is probably Coptic. 8.…
Adam Clarke
Two full years - שנתים ימים shenathayim yamim, two years of days, two complete solar revolutions, after the events mentioned in the preceding chapter.
The river - The Nile, the cause of the fertility…
Observe, 1. The delay of Joseph's enlargement. It was not till the end of two full years (Gen 41:1); so long he waited after he had entrusted the chief butler with his case and began to have some…
Pharaoh's Dreams
1. two full years i.e. from the execution of the chief baker.
river Heb. Yeor, i.e. the Nile, as always in the O.T., except Job 28:10; Isa 33:21; Dan 12:5-6. The Heb. word reproduces…
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