Genesis 41:1

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

Genesis 41:1 In-Context

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

2 and there came up out of the Nile seven sleek and fat cows, and they grazed in the reed grass.

3 Then seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.

4 The ugly and thin cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. And Pharaoh awoke.

5 Then he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; seven ears of grain, plump and good, were growing on one stalk.