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Ge 41:14 Strong Concordance Then Pharaoh [06547] sent [07971] and called [07121] Joseph [03130], and they brought him hastily [07323] out of the dungeon [0953]: and he shaved [01548] himself, and changed [02498] his raiment [08071], and came in [0935] unto Pharaoh [06547].
  King James Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph--Now that God's set time had come (Psa 105:19), no human power nor policy could detain Joseph in prison. During his protracted confinement, he might have often been distressed with perplexing doubts; but the mystery of Providence was about to be cleared up, and all his sorrows forgotten in the course of honor and public usefulness in which his services were to be employed.

shaved himself--The Egyptians were the only Oriental nation that liked a smooth chin. All slaves and foreigners who were reduced to that condition, were obliged, on their arrival in that country, to conform to the cleanly habits of the natives, by shaving their beards and heads, the latter of which were covered with a close cap. Thus prepared, Joseph was conducted to the palace, where the king seemed to have been anxiously waiting his arrival.
 
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19 Until the time [06256] that his word [01697] came [0935]: the word [0565] of the LORD [03068] tried [06884] him.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh [06547] look out [07200] a man [0376] discreet [0995] and wise [02450], and set [07896] him over the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
34 Let Pharaoh [06547] do [06213] this, and let him appoint [06485] officers [06496] over the land [0776], and take up the fifth part [02567] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] in the seven [07651] plenteous [07647] years [08141].
35 And let them gather [06908] all the food [0400] of those good [02896] years [08141] that come [0935], and lay up [06651] corn [01250] under the hand [03027] of Pharaoh [06547], and let them keep [08104] food [0400] in the cities [05892].
36 And that food [0400] shall be for store [06487] to the land [0776] against the seven [07651] years [08141] of famine [07458], which shall be in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]; that the land [0776] perish [03772] not through the famine [07458].
25 And Joseph [03130] said [0559] unto Pharaoh [06547], The dream [02472] of Pharaoh [06547] is one [0259]: God [0430] hath shewed [05046] Pharaoh [06547] what he is about to do [06213].
26 The seven [07651] good [02896] kine [06510] are seven [07651] years [08141]; and the seven [07651] good [02896] ears [07641] are seven [07651] years [08141]: the dream [02472] is one [0259].
27 And the seven [07651] thin [07534] and ill favoured [07451] kine [06510] that came up [05927] after them [0310] are seven [07651] years [08141]; and the seven [07651] empty [07386] ears [07641] blasted [07710] with the east wind [06921] shall be seven [07651] years [08141] of famine [07458].
28 This is the thing [01697] which I have spoken [01696] unto Pharaoh [06547]: What God [0430] is about to do [06213] he sheweth [07200] unto Pharaoh [06547].
29 Behold, there come [0935] seven [07651] years [08141] of great [01419] plenty [07647] throughout all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]:
30 And there shall arise [06965] after them [0310] seven [07651] years [08141] of famine [07458]; and all the plenty [07647] shall be forgotten [07911] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]; and the famine [07458] shall consume [03615] the land [0776];
31 And the plenty [07647] shall not be known [03045] in the land [0776] by reason [06440] of that famine [07458] following [0310] [03651]; for it shall be very [03966] grievous [03515].
32 And for that the dream [02472] was doubled [08138] unto Pharaoh [06547] twice [06471]; it is because the thing [01697] is established [03559] by [05973] God [0430], and God [0430] will shortly [04116] bring it to pass [06213].
17 And Pharaoh [06547] said [01696] unto Joseph [03130], In my dream [02472], behold, I stood [05975] upon the bank [08193] of the river [02975]:
18 And, behold, there came up [05927] out of the river [02975] seven [07651] kine [06510], fatfleshed [01277] [01320] and well [03303] favoured [08389]; and they fed [07462] in a meadow [0260]:
19 And, behold, seven [07651] other [0312] kine [06510] came up [05927] after them [0310], poor [01803] and very [03966] ill [07451] favoured [08389] and leanfleshed [07534] [01320], such [02007] as I never [03808] saw [07200] in all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] for badness [07455]:
20 And the lean [07534] and the ill favoured [07451] kine [06510] did eat up [0398] the first [07223] seven [07651] fat [01277] kine [06510]:
21 And when they had eaten them up [0935] [07130], it could not be known [03045] that they had eaten them [0935] [07130]; but they were still [04758] ill favoured [07451], as at the beginning [08462]. So I awoke [03364].
22 And I saw [07200] in my dream [02472], and, behold, seven [07651] ears [07641] came up [05927] in one [0259] stalk [07070], full [04392] and good [02896]:
23 And, behold, seven [07651] ears [07641], withered [06798], thin [01851], and blasted [07710] with the east wind [06921], sprung up [06779] after them [0310]:
24 And the thin [01851] ears [07641] devoured [01104] the seven [07651] good [02896] ears [07641]: and I told [0559] this unto the magicians [02748]; but there was none that could declare [05046] it to me.
8 And they said [0559] unto him, We have dreamed [02492] a dream [02472], and there is no interpreter [06622] of it. And Joseph [03130] said [0559] unto them, Do not interpretations [06623] belong to God [0430]? tell me [05608] them, I pray you.
24 Save [01107] only that which [0834] the young men [05288] have eaten [0398], and the portion [02506] of the men [0582] which went [01980] with [0854] me, Aner [06063], Eshcol [0812], and Mamre [04471]; let them [01992] take [03947] their portion [02506].