What does Genesis 41:2 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow."
Verse Genesis 41:2. _THERE CAME UP OUT OF THE RIVER SEVEN WELL-FAVOURED_ _KINE_] This must certainly refer to the _hippopotamus_ or river horse, as the circumstances of _coming up out of the river and...
- 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 41:17...
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...
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; Isaiah 33:21; Daniel 12:5-6. The Heb. wo...
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...
_AND, BEHOLD, THERE CAME UP OUT OF THE RIVER SEVEN WELL FAVOURED KINE AND FATFLESHED; AND THEY FED IN A MEADOW._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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 Egyp...
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...
KINE. — The cow was regarded by the Egyptians as the symbol of the earth, and of agriculture; and naturally both the kine and the ears of wheat rose out of the river, because as no rain falls in Egypt...
וְ הִנֵּ֣ה מִן ־הַ יְאֹ֗ר עֹלֹת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פָּרֹ֔ות יְפֹ֥ות מַרְאֶ֖ה וּ בְרִיאֹ֣ת בָּשָׂ֑ר וַ...
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 messe...
PHARAOH DREAMS OF CATTLE AND OF EARS OF GRAIN Genesis 41:1 This chapter tells of ascension and exaltation,… and affords an inimitable type of the issue of our Lord's humiliation and death. Like Josep...
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...
GOD RULES IN THE KINGDOMS OF MEN For two years, the butler forgot Joseph. Sold and abandoned by family. Imprisoned by a woman's lie after doing the right thing. Hope, which seemed so bright with the...
_Marshy. Hebrew Achu; a word which the Septuagint and Siracides (Ecclesiasticus xl. 16,) retain. (Du Hamel)_...
Magicians, so called from being considered wise men. But as the world by wisdom knew not GOD, nor ever will, so worldly wisdom will be always found to lead the heart from GOD rather than to GOD. Hence...
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...
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, BEHOLD, THERE CAME UP OUT OF THE RIVER SEVEN WELL FAVOURED KINE, AND FATFLESHED,.... Seven cows or heifers, sleek, fat, and plump, goodly to look at; these seemed in the dream, as if they came ou...
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. Ver. 2. _There came up out of the river_] Nile; which, by overflowing, fatteneth the pla...
_There came out of the river_ A just and proper emblem this, because both the fruitfulness and barrenness of the land of Egypt depended, under God, on the increase or diminution of the waters of that...
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...
THE TWO DREAMS OF PHARAOH...
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...
1-8 The means of Joseph's being freed from prison were Pharaoh's dreams, as here related. Now that God no longer speaks to us in that way, it is no matter how little we either heed dreams, or tell the...
This suits well with the nature of the thing, for both the fruitfulness and the barrenness of Egypt depended, under God, upon the increase or diminution of the waters of that river. KINE, when they ap...
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...
Genesis 41:2 up H5927 (H8802) river H2975 seven H7651 cows H6510 fine H3303 looking H4758 fat H1277 H1320 fed H7462 (H8799) meadow H260 THERE CAME - GENESIS 41:17-27 a meadow - Job 8:11...
JOSEPH IS CALLED BEFORE PHARAOH AND INTERPRETS HIS DREAMS - HE IS MADE VIZIER (GENESIS 41:1) Genesis 41:1 ‘And it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh dreamed, and behold he stood by...
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...
_Pharaoh dreamed_ PHARAOH’S DREAM I. THAT APPARENTLY INSIGNIFICANT EVENTS MAY OFTEN GROW INTO AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORLD’S HISTORY. II. THAT GOD CHOOSES THE INSTRUMENTS OF REVELATION ACCORDING...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 41:1. The river.] So the Nile is called, by way of emphasis in the Old Testament when the scene is laid in Egypt. GENESIS 41:6. BLASTED WITH THE EAST WIND.] “The east wind h...
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...
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...
there came. Genesis 41:17 a meadow....