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As forוְעַלthe repeatingהִשָּׁנוֹתof the dreamהַחֲלוֹםto Pharaohאֶל פַּרְעֹהtwice,פַּעֲמָיִםit is becauseכִּיthe thingהַדָּבָרis fixedנָכוֹןbyמֵעִםElohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםand Elohimוּ הָאֱלֹהִיםis hurryingמְמַהֵרto do it.לַעֲשֹׂתוֹ
Genesis 41:32
Study it in the app“As for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is fixed by Elohim, and Elohim is hurrying to do it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:32, word by word
- the repeatingהִשָּׁנוֹתhishanot
repeat
To do or say something again, a second time.
Where else “hishanot” appears- of the dreamחֲלוֹםchalom
dream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appears- to Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- twiceפַּעֲמָיִםpaamayim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paamayim” appears- the thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- is fixedנָכוֹןnachon
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “nachon” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- is hurryingמְמַהֵרmemaher
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “memaher” appears- to do itעֲשֹׂתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
31The abundance will not be known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it will be very severe.
32 · This verse (above)
33Now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise and set him over the land of Egypt.
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?