Genesis 41:24
The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning.”
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 41:8 : 8 In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
- Dan 4:7 : 7 When the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners entered, I recounted the dream for them. But they were unable to make known its interpretation to me.
- Exod 8:19 : 19 The magicians said to Pharaoh,“It is the finger of God!” But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.
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- Gen 41:1-88 verses87%
1 Joseph’s Rise to Power At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,
2 seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.
3 Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river.
4 The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
5 Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.
6 Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them.
7 The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream.
8 In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
- Gen 41:17-237 verses84%
17 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,“In my dream I was standing by the edge of the Nile.
18 Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds.
19 Then seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows as these in all the land of Egypt!
20 The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows.
21 When they had eaten them, no one would have known that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before. Then I woke up.
22 I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.
23 Then seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them.
- Gen 41:25-317 verses81%
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh,“Both dreams of Pharaoh have the same meaning. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.
27 The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent seven years of famine.
28 This is just what I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.
29 Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.
30 But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.
31 The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.
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15 Pharaoh said to Joseph,“I had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard about you, that you can interpret dreams.”
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6 He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had:
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8 They told him,“We both had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them.” Joseph responded,“Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me.”
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7 When the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners entered, I recounted the dream for them. But they were unable to make known its interpretation to me.
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47 During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests.
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36 This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.”
- Gen 41:11-122 verses69%
11 We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.
12 Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us.
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54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
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16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable, he said to Joseph,“I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread on my head.