Genesis 41
Genesis 41:1 After two full years of days went by, Pharaoh dreamed, noticing that he was standing by the Nile.
Genesis 41:2 He noticed seven fat and healthy cows which came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass.
Genesis 41:3 He noticed after them seven other cows, ugly and thin-fleshed, coming up out of the Nile, and standing by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.
Genesis 41:4 The ugly, thin-fleshed cows devoured the fat and healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
Genesis 41:5 But he fell asleep and dreamed a second time. He noticed seven ears of grain, plump and good, growing on one stalk.
Genesis 41:6 He noticed after them seven ears sprouted, thin and blighted by the east wind.
Genesis 41:7 The thin ears devoured the seven plump, full ears. And Pharaoh woke up, noticing it was a dream.
Genesis 41:8 So in the morning his breath was disturbed, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all her wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one was able to explain them to Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, and this is what he said, “Today I am reminded that I have failed.
Genesis 41:10 When Pharaoh was angry with his slaves and put me and the chief baker in the prison warden’s house,
Genesis 41:11 we dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own explanation.
Genesis 41:12 There with us was a young Hebrew, a slave of the prison warden. When we told him, he explained our dreams to us, giving an explanation to each man according to his dream.
Genesis 41:13 And as he explained to us, so it came about. I was restored to my office, and the baker was executed.”
Genesis 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And after he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:15 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, and this is what he said, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can explain it. I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can explain it.”
Genesis 41:16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, and this is what he said , “This is not from me; God will give an answer that brings peace to Pharaoh.”
Genesis 41:17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Notice, in my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile.
Genesis 41:18 I noticed seven cows, fat and healthy, coming up out of the Nile and feeding in the reed grass.
Genesis 41:19 I noticed seven other cows coming up after them, deprived and very ugly and thin-fleshed, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:20 And the thin, ugly cows devoured the first seven fat cows,
Genesis 41:21 but when they had them in their bellies, no one would have known that they had them in their bellies, because they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke.
Genesis 41:22 I also saw in my dream, noticing seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good.
Genesis 41:23 And noticing seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them,
Genesis 41:24 and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told it to the magicians, but no one was able explain it to me.”
Genesis 41:25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are each about the same thing; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Genesis 41:26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are about the same thing.
Genesis 41:27 The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also seven years of famine.
Genesis 41:28 It is just what I told Pharaoh; God has shown to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Genesis 41:29 Notice, seven years will come of great fullness throughout the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:30 But afterward there will be seven years of famine so great that all the fullness will be forgotten in Egypt. Famine will finish the land.
Genesis 41:31 And the knowledge of the good years will be erased by the famine, because it will have such force.
Genesis 41:32 By Pharaoh having two dreams, it establishes that the events have been decreed by God, and he will soon make them occur.
Genesis 41:33 Because of this, Pharaoh should find a wise and discerning man and set him over the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:34 Let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of fullness.
Genesis 41:35 And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities and let them keep watch over it.
Genesis 41:36 That food will be held in reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that are to occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land may not be destroyed by the famine.”
Genesis 41:37 This seemed to be a good idea to Pharaoh and all his slaves.
Genesis 41:38 Then Pharaoh said to his slaves, “Would we find another man like this, who has the Breath of God in him?”
Genesis 41:39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are.
Genesis 41:40 You will be over my house, and all my people will order themselves as you command. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
Genesis 41:41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
Genesis 41:42 Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand and clothed him in outfits of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.
Genesis 41:43 And he authorized him to ride in his second chariot. And they called out before him, “Bow the knee!” This is how he set him over all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:44 Also, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no one will lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
Genesis 41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So, Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:46 Joseph was thirty years old when he began standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph regularly went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:47 During the seven full years the land produced abundantly.
Genesis 41:48 He gathered up all the food of these seven years, which was produced in the land of Egypt, and stored the food in the cities. He put in every city the food from the fields around it.
Genesis 41:49 Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, because it could not be measured.
Genesis 41:50 Before the first year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph. Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, gave birth to them for him.
Genesis 41:51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “Because,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s family.”
Genesis 41:52 The name of the second he called Ephraim, “Because God has made me fruitful in the land where I was afflicted.”
Genesis 41:53 The seven years of fullness that occurred in the land of Egypt came to an end,
Genesis 41:54 and the seven years of famine began to occur, as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Genesis 41:55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. Do what he says to you.”
Genesis 41:56 So when the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold the grain to the Egyptians, because the famine was strong in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:57 Also, all the land came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was strong over all the land.
Genesis 41 quotes:
“The first thing to know about recognizing the Spirit’s witness is that he gives peace. Joseph said, “…God shall give Pharaoh an answer of Peace” (Genesis 41:16). Now it ought to be said that when the Spirit begins to work the first evidence may be the opposite of peace. When Pharaoh first had this dream, he woke up and his spirit was troubled (see Genesis 41:8). Pharaoh did not have any peace at all. The first thing the Spirit often does is to bring a person to a state of being troubled. But there is only one way to get peace and that is to believe God’s Word.”
Kendall, R. T. God Meant It for Good. MorningStar Publications, 1988. p. 78.
“Joseph was in prison for more than two years (Genesis 41:1). Basically he spent the years waiting—waiting for God to do His work. The major accomplishment of that time was not Joseph’s work for God but God’s work in Joseph. He was being prepared for the future.”
McQuay, Earl P. Joseph: Seeing God in the Worst of Times. Acćent Books, 1989. p. 63.
“Now we understand the reason for the delay. If the cupbearer had told Pharaoh about Joseph when he had first gotten out of prison, Pharaoh would have probably said, “Uh-huh” and gone on with his meal. But now, two full years later, Pharaoh immediately responded because he desperately needed someone like Joseph. The next verse is a real thriller: Pharaoh sent for Joseph and “he was quickly brought from the dungeon” (Genesis 41:14). The discipline of delay was over, the detour ended.”
Seamands, David A. Succeeding in Enemy Territory. Kingdom Pub, 1999. p. 76.
Genesis 41 links:
blessing lessons
introducing the breath of God
Joseph- out of the pit
Joseph- sons of prosperity
no stealing the show
pit or prosperity-
surrendering the schedule
the mechanics of wisdom
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