God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do - Joseph thus shows the Egyptian king that though the ordinary cause of plenty or want is the river Nile, yet its inundations are under the direction of God: the dreams are sent by him, not only to signify beforehand the plenty and want, but to show also that all these circumstances, however fortuitous they may appear to man, are under the direction of an overruling Providence.

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Genesis 41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

Exodus 9:14 For I will at this time send all my plagues on your heart, and on your servants, and on your people...

Joshua 11:6 And the LORD said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them...

Psalm 98:2 The LORD has made known his salvation: his righteousness has he openly showed in the sight of the heathen.

Isaiah 41:22,23 Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them...

Isaiah 43:9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things?...

Daniel 2:28,29 But there is a God in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days...

Daniel 2:45,47 For as much as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass...

Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

Matthew 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Mark 13:23 But take you heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory...

Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven...

The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
Syria: the part played by it in the ancient world--Babylon and the first Chaldaean empire--The dominion of the Hyksos: Ahmosis. Some countries seem destined from their origin to become the battle-fields of the contending nations which environ them. Into such regions, and to their cost, neighbouring peoples come from century to century to settle their quarrels and bring to an issue the questions of supremacy which disturb their little corner of the world. The nations around are eager for the possession …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 4