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Selected Verse: Genesis 41:14 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
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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]. |
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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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
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. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Pharaoh immediately sent for Joseph. As quickly as possible he was fetched from the prison; and after shaving the hair of his head and beard, and changing his clothes, as the customs of Egypt required (see Hengst. Egypt and the Books of Moses, p. 30), he went in to the king. On the king's saying to him, "I have heard of thee (עליך de te), thou hearest a dream to interpret it," - i.e., thou only needest to hear a dream, and thou canst at once interpret it - Joseph replied, "Not I (בּלעדי, lit., "not so far as me," this is not in my power, vid., Gen 14:24), God will answer Pharaoh's good," i.e., what shall profit Pharaoh; just as in Gen 40:8 he had pointed the two prisoners away from himself to God. Pharaoh then related his double dream (Gen 41:17-24), and Joseph gave the interpretation (Gen 41:25-32): "The dream of Pharaoh is one (i.e., the two dreams have the same meaning); God hath showed Pharaoh what He is about to do." The seven cows and seven ears of corn were seven years, the fat ones very fertile years of superabundance, the lean ones very barren years of famine; the latter would follow the former over the whole land of Egypt, so that the years of famine would leave no trace of the seven fruitful years; and, "for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice" (i.e., so far as this fact is concerned, it signifies) "that the thing is firmly resolved by God, and God will quickly carry it out." In the confidence of this interpretation which looked forward over fourteen years, the divinely enlightened seer's glance was clearly manifested, and could not fail to make an impression upon the king, when contrasted with the perplexity of the Egyptian augurs and wise men. Joseph followed up his interpretation by the advice (Gen 41:33-36), that Pharaoh should "look out (ירא) a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;" and cause יעשׂה) that in the seven years of superabundance he should raise fifths (חמּשׁ), i.e., the fifth part of the harvest, through overseers, and have the corn, or the stores of food (אכל), laid up in the cities "under the hand of the king," i.e., by royal authority and direction, as food for the land for the seven years of famine, that it might not perish through famine. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
They brought him hastily out of the dungeon - Pharaoh was in perplexity on account of his dreams; and when he heard of Joseph, he sent immediately to get him brought before him. He shaved himself - having let his beard grow all the time he was in prison, he now trimmed it, for it is not likely that either the Egyptians or Hebrews shaved themselves in our sense of the word: the change of raiment was, no doubt, furnished out of the king's wardrobe; as Joseph, in his present circumstances, could not be supposed to have any changes of raiment. |
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].