New English Translation
Genesis 41:32
32The dream was repeated to Pharaoh because the matter has been decreed by God, and God will make it happen soon.
Genesis 41:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
- New International Version (NIV)The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the doubling of Pharaoh's dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it about.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
Context of Genesis 41:32
30But 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. 31The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe. The dream was repeated to Pharaoh because the matter has been decreed by God, and God will make it happen soon. 33“So now Pharaoh should look for a wise and discerning man and give him authority over all the land of Egypt. 34Pharaoh should do this – he should appoint officials throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
Read all of Genesis 41Genesis 41:32 word by word
וְעַ֨ל הִשָּׁנ֧וֹת הַחֲל֛וֹם אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֖ה פַּעֲמָ֑יִם כִּֽי־נָכ֤וֹן הַדָּבָר֙ מֵעִ֣ם הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וּמְמַהֵ֥ר הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And for that the dreamחֲלוֹםchălôm chălôm · dreamH2472
- was doubledשָׁנָהshânâh · to repeatH8138
- unto Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
- twiceפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
- because the thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
- establishedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
- byמֵעִם‛im · from withH5973
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- will shortlyמָהַרmâhar · to hastenH4116
- bring it to passעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
Cross-references for Genesis 41:32
- Genesis 37:7There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!”
- Job 33:14“For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it.
- 2 Corinthians 13:1This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be established.
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?
- Isaiah 14:24The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow: “Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen.
- Isaiah 46:10who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, ‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
- Isaiah 30:33For the burial place is already prepared; it has been made deep and wide for the king. The firewood is piled high on it. The Lord’s breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone, will ignite it.
- Matthew 25:34Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Mark 10:40but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
- 1 Corinthians 2:9But just as it is written, “Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him.”
- Revelation 9:15Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour, day, month, and year were set free to kill a third of humanity.
Commentaries on Genesis 41:32
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-57Verses 1-57 - Joseph Was Exalted 1. יאר ye'or “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic. 2. אחוּ 'āchû “sedge, reed-grass, marsh-grass.” This word is probably Coptic. 8. חרטמים charṭumı̂ym ̓̀ exēgētai ̔͂ hierogrammateis “sacred scribes, hieroglyphs.” חרט chereṭ “stylus,” a graving tool. 43. אברך 'abrēk “bend the knee.” In this sense it is put for הברך habrēk imperative hiphil of ברך bārak Those who take the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-32Verses 9-32 God's time for the enlargement of his people is the fittest time. If the chief butler had got Joseph to be released from prison, it is probable he would have gone back to the land of the Hebrews. Then he had neither been so blessed himself, nor such a blessing to his family, as afterwards he proved. Joseph, when introduced to Pharaoh, gives honour to God. Pharaoh had dreamed that he stood upon the bank of the river Nile, and saw the kine, both…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32The two similar dreams showed that the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly. This was like the dreams of the two prisoners that God quickly fulfilled (40:5–23). Joseph’s own two dreams (37:5–11) were also about to come true (41:37–46; 42:6–9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-3625. Joseph said, ... The dream ... is one--They both pointed to the same event--a remarkable dispensation of seven years of unexampled abundance, to be followed by a similar period of unparalleled dearth. The repetition of the dream in two different forms was designed to show the absolute certainty and speedy arrival of this public crisis; the interpretation was accompanied by several suggestions of practical wisdom for meeting so great an emergency as…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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