Genesis 41:1
After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
2 when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
3 After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
- KJV
- And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
- WEB
- At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river.
- ASV
- And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he stood by the river.
- BLB
- And it came to pass at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh was dreaming, and behold, he was standing by the River.
- ÅB
- Så hendte det da to år var omme, at Farao drømte han sto ved elven[^1].
- OTB
- Etter to hele år drømte farao at han stod ved Nilen.
- B1930
- Så hendte det da to år var omme, at Farao drømte han stod ved elven. / < Nilen.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 20:3
One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
Read in contextGenesis 29:14
Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
Read in contextEzekiel 29:3
Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
Read in contextEsther 6:1
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
Read in contextIsaiah 19:5
The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
Read in contextEzekiel 29:9
The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’
Read in contextExodus 1:22
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:10
For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.
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