Study it in the app“In the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.”
In the morningוַיְהִי בַבֹּקֶרhis spiritרוּחוֹwas troubled,וַתִּפָּעֶםand he sentוַיִּשְׁלַחand calledוַיִּקְרָאallאֶת כָּלthe magiciansחַרְטֻמֵּיof Egyptמִצְרַיִםand allוְאֶת כָּלits wise men.חֲכָמֶיהָPharaohפַּרְעֹהtoldוַיְסַפֵּרthemלָהֶםhis dream,אֶת חֲלֹמוֹbut there was no oneוְאֵיןwho could interpretפּוֹתֵרthemאוֹתָםfor Pharaoh.לְפַרְעֹה
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To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsmorning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appearsspirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruch” appearsbe troubled
Be uneasy inside, without peace.
Where else “tipaem” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appearsmagicians
Magicians: Egyptian experts devoted to interpreting dreams and signs and to secret arts.
Where else “chartume” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearswise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachame” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearsrecount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “yesaper” appearsdream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appearsinterpret
Interpret, explain the meaning of a dream.
Where else “poter” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
7The thin ears swallowed the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh woke up, and look, it was a dream.
8 · This verse (above)
9Then the chief of the cupbearers spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “My sins I am remembering today.
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?
