Parallel Verses English Standard Version I also saw in my dream seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good. King James Bible And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: American Standard Version And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good: Douay-Rheims Bible And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, full and very fair. English Revised Version And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good: Webster's Bible Translation And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good: Genesis 41:22 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentPharaoh 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., Genesis 14:24), God will answer Pharaoh's good," i.e., what shall profit Pharaoh; just as in Genesis 40:8 he had pointed the two prisoners away from himself to God. Pharaoh then related his double dream (Genesis 41:17-24), and Joseph gave the interpretation (Genesis 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 (Genesis 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. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Cross References Genesis 41:21 but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke. Genesis 41:23 Seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them, Jump to Previous Dream Dreams Ears Full Good Grain Growing Heads Seven Single StalkJump to Next Dream Dreams Ears Full Good Grain Growing Heads Seven Single StalkLinks Genesis 41:22 NIVGenesis 41:22 NLT Genesis 41:22 ESV Genesis 41:22 NASB Genesis 41:22 KJV Genesis 41:22 Bible Apps Genesis 41:22 Biblia Paralela Genesis 41:22 Chinese Bible Genesis 41:22 French Bible Genesis 41:22 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |