Genesis 41:1

Pharaoh’s Dreams

1 When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile,

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Genesis 41:1 in Other Translations

KJV

1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

ESV

1 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,

NLT

1 Two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.

MSG

1 Two years passed and Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile River.

CSB

1 Two years later Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

Genesis 41:1 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:1

And it came to pass at the end of two full years
It is not a clear case, as Aben Ezra observes, from whence these years are to be reckoned, whether from the time of Joseph's being put into prison, or from the time that the chief butler was taken out of it; the latter seems more probable, and better connects this and the preceding chapter: that Pharaoh dreamed, and, behold, he stood by the river;
it seemed to him, in his dream, as if he stood near the river Nile, or some canal or flow of water cut out of that river.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 41:1 In-Context

1 When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile,

2 when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds.

3 After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the riverbank.

4 And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

5 He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.

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Cross References 2

1. S Genesis 20:3
2. ver 17; S Genesis 2:14; Exodus 1:22; Exodus 2:5; Exodus 7:15