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Genesis 41:46-52
The Seven Years of Plenty
The Seven Years of Plenty
Verse Genesis 41:46. _JOSEPH_ WAS _THIRTY YEARS OLD_] As he was _seventeen_ years old when he was sold into Egypt, Genesis 37:2, and was now _thirty_, he must have been _thirteen_ years in slavery....
- 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...
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 ...
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...
JOSEPH WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD WHEN HE STOOD BEFORE PHARAOH. Julius Cæsar, beholding the picture of Alexander in Hercules' temple at Gades, wept that he had done no worthy act at those years wherein Ale...
_thirty years old_ This verse probably contains the brief record of P; according to which Joseph had spent thirteen years in Egypt before his elevation, and was aged seventeen when he was brought into...
Joseph as Grand Vizier 38. _such a one as this_ Pharaoh and his servants are represented as discerning in Joseph the supreme gifts of one who combined the supernatural power of interpreting dreams wi...
JOSEPH WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD— He was seventeen years old when he was sold into AEgypt, and consequently had been thirteen years in slavery when he _stood before Pharaoh,_ an eastern phrase expressing h...
3. _Joseph as Prime Minister of Egypt_ (Genesis 41:46 to Genesis 47:31) 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,...
_AND JOSEPH WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD WHEN HE STOOD BEFORE PHARAOH KING OF EGYPT. AND JOSEPH WENT OUT FROM THE PRESENCE OF PHARAOH, AND WENT THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT._ Thirty years - seventeen whe...
THIRTY YEARS OLD] he was seventeen when sold into Egypt (Genesis 37:2). 51, 52. MANASSEH] 'causing to forget.' EPHRAIM] 'fruitful.' The first name suggests that Joseph felt in his present prosperity...
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...
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...
וְ יֹוסֵף֙ בֶּן ־שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה בְּ עָמְ
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...
JOSEPH'S ADMINISTRATION Genesis 41:37, Genesis 47:13 "He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom." Psalms 105:2...
JOSEPH, EXALTED, PREPARES FOR FAMINE Genesis 41:37 The Spirit of God was evidently in Joseph, but so far from rendering him a mere visionary, it made him eminently practical. Have your visions of God...
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...
PHARAOH APPOINTS JOSEPH There was obvious wisdom seen in the interpretation and suggestions offered by Joseph. Pharaoh realized such wisdom could only come from God who was clearly with this Hebrew. S...
And Joseph [was] (n) thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. (n) His age is mentioned...
JESUS was about the same age when he entered upon his public ministry. See Luke 3:23....
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...
46._And Joseph was thirty years old_. For two reasons Moses records the age at which Joseph was advanced to the government of the kingdom. First, because it is seldom that old men give themselves up t...
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...
AND JOSEPH [WAS] THIRTY YEARS OLD WHEN HE STOOD BEFORE PHARAOH KING OF EGYPT,.... Interpreting his dreams, and had such honour conferred upon him as to be made his prime minister; from whence it appea...
_And Joseph [was] thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt._ Ver. 46. _And Joseph was t...
_Joseph was thirty years old_ So that his life had been a life of humiliation and suffering for about thirteen years. But the season of peculiar and great affliction, whereby his faith and patience, a...
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...
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....
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...
46-57 In the names of his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Joseph owned the Divine providence. 1. He was made to forget his misery. 2. He was made fruitful in the land of his affliction. The seven ple...
Joseph's age is here noted to teach us, 1. That Joseph's short affliction was recompensed with a much longer prosperity, even for eighty years. 2. That Joseph's excellent wisdom did not proceed from...
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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‘And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went throughout all the length of Egypt.' Joseph had thus been in ser...
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...
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...
_And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt_ JOSEPH ADVANCED TO POWER I. THE RIPENESS OF HIS AGE AND EXPERIENCE. Providence, which prepares events, a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 41:47. By handfuls.] “Not in single stalks or grains, but in handfuls compared with the former yield.”—(_Murphy_) GENESIS 41:51. MANASSEH.] That is, _causing to forget._...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 41:46 AND JOSEPH WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD WHEN HE STOOD BEFORE PHARAOH KING OF EGYPT—literally, _a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh_._ _If, therefore, he had been thr...
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...
years. Genesis 37:2 Numbers 4:3 2 Samuel 5:4 Luke 3:23 he stood. 1 Samuel 16:21
JOSEPH, THE ADMINISTRATOR Genesis 41:45 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We delight in stepping into the scenes that covered fourteen years of Egyptian history seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine. D...