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Genesis 41:25

Genesis 41:25
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh,.... As an interpretation of his dreams:

what God is about to do, he sheweth unto Pharaoh: the events of fourteen years with respect to plenty and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 41:1-57

- 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.…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do - Joseph thus shows the Egyptian king that though the ordinary cause of plenty or want is the river Nile, yet its inundations are under the direction of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

is about to do Lit. "is doing." Lat. facturus est. Joseph's interpretation of the two dreams is the same.