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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41 - Introduction

* Pharaoh's dreams. (1-8) Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams. (9-32) Joseph's counsel, He is highly advanced. (33-45) Joseph's children, The beginning of the famine. (46-57)

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See also Genesis 41 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    (E (JP).) Joseph and Pharaoh's Dreams This is a continuation of ch. 40, and is mainly derived from E. In this section Joseph as the servant of God is not only rescued from the position of a slave, bu...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _JOSEPH INTERPRETS THE DREAMS OF PHARAOH, AND ADVISES HIM CONCERNING THE SEVEN YEARS OF PLENTY. PHARAOH CONSTITUTES JOSEPH GOVERNOR OF AEGYPT, AND GIVES HIM A WIFE, BY WHOM HE HAS TWO SONS. THE SEVEN...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART THIRTY-SIX RECAPITULATION: SURVEY OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGE From _A Class-Book of Old Testament History,_ pp. 73-76 by G. F. Maclear, D.D. Published by Macmillan, London, 1881, now long out of pri...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 God (a-4) Heb. _ Elohim_ , the plural of _ Eloah_ , 'the Supreme'. It is Deity in the absolute sense. _ Elohim_ will, in the text, appear only in the name of _ Jehovah Elohim_ ; moreover, when _...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 41 In this chapter are related Pharaoh's dreams, which his magicians could not interpret, Genesis 41:1, upon which the chief butler now remembering Joseph, recommended him to...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2289. B.C. 1715._ Two things Providence is here bringing about, 1, The advancement of Joseph. 2, The maintenance of Jacob and his family in a time of famine; for the eyes of the Lord run to an...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Pharaohs two dreames. 9 Ioseph interpreteth them. 33 Hee giueth Pharaoh counsell. 38 Ioseph is aduanced. 50 Hee begetteth Manasseh and Ephraim. 54 The famine beginneth. 1 AND it came to passe...

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