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Verse Genesis 41:34. _LET HIM APPOINT OFFICERS_] פקדים _pekidim_,
visiters, overseers: translated by Ainsworth, _bishops_; see Genesis
39:1.
_TAKE UP THE FIFTH PART OF THE LAND_] What is still calle...
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- Joseph Was Exalted
1. יאר _y__e__'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 Co...
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CHAPTER 41 JOSEPH'S EXALTATION
_ 1. Pharaoh's dreams (Genesis 41:1)_
2. Joseph brought from the prison (Genesis 41:8)
3. Joseph's humility (Genesis 41:16)
4. The revealer of secrets ...
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GENESIS 41. JOSEPH INTERPRETS PHARAOH'S DREAMS AND IS MADE VICEROY OF
EGYPT. This is mainly from E, Genesis 41:1 apart from Genesis 41:15_
b_, and perhaps Genesis 41:9_ b_ entirely so. But J has been...
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_Let Pharaoh do this_ Joseph's advice is (1) to appoint a "grain
administrator," _praefectus rei frumentariae_; (2) to appoint local
officers, "over-seers," LXX τοπάρχαι, for the various
districts of...
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Joseph's Counsel
33. _let Pharaoh_, &c. Joseph leaves the office of interpreter, and
takes upon himself to give political counsel to the king of Egypt....
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OFFICERS, &C.— The Hebrew signifies, literally, _overseers._ The
Hebrew פקיד _pekid,_ as the Greek επισκοπος, whence we
have formed our English word _bishop,_ is a man who has a charge or
office, for...
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2. _Joseph as Prisoner in Egypt_ (Genesis 39:1 to Genesis 41:45).
39 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh'S, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of t...
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_LET PHARAOH DO THIS, AND LET HIM APPOINT OFFICERS OVER THE LAND, AND
TAKE UP THE FIFTH PART OF THE LAND OF EGYPT IN THE SEVEN PLENTEOUS
YEARS._
Appoint officers over the land - overseers, equivalent...
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THE DREAMS OF PHARAOH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF JOSEPH
1. Pharaoh] It is believed that a dynasty of Asiatic (perhaps Bedouin)
conquerors, known as the Hyksôs or Shepherd kings, were now in power
in Egypt...
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Joseph's suggestion was that a fifth part of the corn crop should be
required of the people for the next seven years to be stored up by the
government; this would keep a quantity in the. country which...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 41
*PHARAOH’S DREAMS
V1 After two whole years, *Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed that he
stood by the river Nile. V2 And he saw 7 cows, which came...
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Joseph did not have enough time to think about this plan. But he
proposed a plan that was correct. ‘One part out of every 5 parts’
(verse 34) was the correct amount. Joseph did not make the plan
himse...
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TAKE UP THE FIFTH PART OF THE LAND. — Heb., _let him fifth the
land,_ that is, exact a fifth part of the produce. It has been
supposed that it had been usual in Egypt to pay to the king a tithe of
the...
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יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה פַרְעֹ֔ה וְ יַפְקֵ֥ד
פְּקִדִ֖ים עַל...
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PHARAOH'S DREAMS
Genesis 41:1
"Thus saith the Lord, that frustrateth the tokens of the liars and
maketh diviners mad; that confirmeth the word of His servant, and
performeth the counsel of His messen...
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PHARAOH'S DREAMS INTERPRETED
Genesis 41:14
Notwithstanding the great urgency of the royal summons, and the speed
with which the great events of his life crowded on one another, Joseph
was kept in per...
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Still the divine activity proceeded. Now it was Pharaoh who dreamed,
and now the butler remembered. The result was that Joseph was brought
before the king, and as he stood in the royal presence he was...
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PHARAOH CALLED FOR JOSEPH
Naturally, Pharaoh sent for the Hebrew who had interpreted the dreams
of his servants in prison. Joseph cleaned up, shaved the hair of his
head and put on fresh clothing and...
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_Fifth part. This was a tax laid upon all the Egyptians, (Calmet)
unless Pharao paid for what corn was laid up. (Haydock) --- This
quantity would be sufficient, as the people would be content with a
s...
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Reader! do not overlook our great spiritual Joseph through all this.
While Pharaoh exclaims, with astonishment, in the view of the Spirit
of GOD in Joseph, how ought we to admire and adore Him, who re...
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 THROUGH 41.
What follows from chapter 37 is the interesting history of Joseph, to
which even children ever yield a ready ear, although ignorant of all
the...
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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 shou...
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Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint officers over the land, and
take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous
years.
Ver. 34. _And take up the fifth part of the land._] Fo...
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_Let him appoint officers to take up a fifth part_ Not by force or
violence, but by purchase at the common price, which would probably be
very low during these years of plenty. But why only a _fifth p...
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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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Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, the
chief overseer was to be given assistants, AND TAKE UP THE FIFTH PART
OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, of the yield of the land, in the seven...
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Joseph Interprets the Dreams...
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FIFTH SECTION
_Joseph the interpreter of Pharaoh’s dreams._
GENESIS 41:1-57
1And it came to pass, at the end of two full years [lit., days], that
Pharaoh dreamed; and, behold, he stood by the river....
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DREAMS SENT BY GOD TO PHARAOH
Joseph remained in prison two full years longer, a further time of
learning in humiliation the practical lesson of self-discipline. But
he was under God's eye, and at th...
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OFFICERS:
Or, overseers...
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33-45 Joseph gave good advice to Pharaoh. Fair warning should always
be followed by good counsel. God has in his word told us of a day of
trial before us, when we shall need all the grace we can have...
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Not by force or violence, for Joseph would never be the author of such
unrighteous counsels; but by purchase at the common price, which was
like to be very low in that case, and therefore might easily...
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On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a
more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view
Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...
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“Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set
him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this. And let him appoint
overseers over the land and take up the fifth part of the land...
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CONTENTS: Pharaoh's dream. Joseph's exaltation in Egypt and his
Gentile bride.
CHARACTERS: Pharaoh, Joseph, butler, Asenath, Manasseh, Ephriam.
CONCLUSION: The faithful believer will be abundantly r...
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Genesis 41:1. _Pharaoh dreamed._ See on Isaiah 4:2. Whatever be the
pleas of atheism and materialism against dreams of a prophetic
character, it is evident enough from the gentile mythology, and from...
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_Let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay
up corn_
JOSEPH AS THE ADVISER OF PHARAOH
I. HIS PRESENCE OF MIND. Equal to the situation.
II. THE KINDNESS AND OPENNESS OF HIS...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 41:25 Stressing that the dreams come from
God, Joseph says that the similar content of the dreams means they
will be fulfilled soon. Joseph’s detailed instructions impress
Phar...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 41:34. Take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt.] Lay on a
tax of a fifth of the produce. “The exaction of a fifth or two
tithes, during the period of plenty, may have been...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 41:1
AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE END OF TWO FULL YEARS (literally, _two
years of _days, _i.e._ two complete years from the commencement of
Joseph's incarceration, or more probably a...
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For audio go to chapter 39
Now it came to pass at the end of two full years (Genesis 41:1), That
is after Joseph said "don't forget me, pal". "Oh, I won't." "At the
end of two full years," that Pharao...
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officers. or, overseers. Numbers 31:14 2 Kings 11:11 2 Kings 11:12 2
Chronicles 34:12...
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GOD INTERVENES FOR JOSEPH
Genesis 41:9
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
How the words ring out with almost appalling sadness: "Yet did not the
chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him."
1. JOSEPH HAD SHOWN M...