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Genesis 41:7-9
International Standard Version
Genesis 41:7-9
International Standard Version
7 and ate up the seven plump, fruit-filled ears. Then Pharaoh woke up a second time,[a] and it had been a very vivid[b] dream!
Pharaoh Seeks an Interpretation
8 The very next morning, he[c] was frustrated[d] about the dream, so he sent word to summon all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them what he had dreamed, but no one could interpret them.[e]
9 Then Pharaoh’s senior security advisor[f] spoke up. “Maybe I should make a confession.
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- Genesis 41:7 The Heb. lacks a second time
- Genesis 41:7 Lit. and behold, it was a
- Genesis 41:8 Lit. morning, his spirit
- Genesis 41:8 Or troubled
- Genesis 41:8 Lit. interpret the dreams for Pharaoh
- Genesis 41:9 Lit. Pharaoh’s cupbearer; a servant who tested the Pharaoh’s food and beverages for poison; cf. Neh 1:11
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