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Genesis -41
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dream
1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
The delay of Joseph's enlargement. It was not
till the end of two full years (Ge 41:1); so long
he waited after he had entrusted the chief butler
with his case and began to have some prospect
of relief. Note, We have need of patience, not
only bearing, but waiting, patience. Joseph lay
in prison until the time that his word came, Ps
105:19. There is a time set for the deliverance
of God's people; that time will come, though it
seem to tarry; and, when it comes, it will appear
to have been the best time, and therefore we
ought to wait for it (Hab 2:3), and not think two
full years too long to continue waiting.
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well-favored kine
and fat-fleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
The means of Joseph's enlargement, which
were Pharaoh's dreams, here related. If we were
to look upon them as ordinary dreams, we
might observe from them the follies and
absurdities of a roving working fancy, how it
represents to itself tame cows as beasts of prey
(nay, more ravenous than any, eating up those