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At the endוַיְהִי מִקֵּץof two full years,שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִיםPharaohוּפַרְעֹהwas dreaming,חֹלֵםand look,וְהִנֵּהhe was standingעֹמֵדby the Nile.עַל הַיְאֹר
Genesis 41:1
Study it in the app“At the end of two full years, Pharaoh was dreaming, and look, he was standing by the Nile.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:1, word by word
- At the endיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- At the endקֵּץkets
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appears- of two full yearsשְׁנָתַיִםshenatayim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenatayim” appears- of two full yearsיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- was dreamingחֹלֵםcholem
dream
To see images and scenes while asleep.
Where else “cholem” appears- he was standingעֹמֵדomed
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omed” appears- by the Nileיְאֹרyeor
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appears
Places in this verse
Nile
Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean
Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And look, from the Nile there came up seven cows, beautiful in appearance and fat in flesh, and they grazed in the reed grass.
To study Genesis 41 in a group
1. What it says
What did Pharaoh dream, and what plan did Joseph propose (vv. 1-7, 33-36)?
2. What it means
Why did Pharaoh recognize that the spirit of Elohim was in Joseph (v. 38)?
3. How I live it
What can you wisely prepare today for hard times that might come?