And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
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Gill's Exposition
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears,.... So it appeared to Pharaoh in his dream, which must be very amazing to behold, and unaccountable how it should be:
and Pharaoh…
- 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.…
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…