And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following ; for it shall be very grievous.
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Gill's Exposition
Let Pharaoh do this,.... Appoint such a person; who as a sovereign prince could do it of himself:
and let him appoint officers over the land; not Pharaoh, but the wise and discreet governor he…
- 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
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…
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…
Joseph as Interpreter
8. his spirit was troubled Compare the effect of the dreams in Gen 40:6; Dan 2:1-3.
all the magicians or, as R.V. marg., sacred scribes. The Heb. ḥartummimused in this chapter…