Genesi 41:1-8

1 Or avvenne, in capo a due anni interi, che Faraone ebbe un sogno. Ed ecco che stava presso il fiume;

2 e su dal fiume ecco salire sette vacche, di bell’apparenza e grasse, e mettersi a pascere nella giuncaia.

3 E, dopo quelle, ecco salire dal fiume altre sette vacche di brutt’apparenza e scarne, e fermarsi presso alle prime, sulla riva del fiume.

4 E le vacche di brutt’apparenza e scarne, divorarono le sette vacche di bell’apparenza e grasse. E Faraone si svegliò.

5 Poi si riaddormentò, e sognò di nuovo; ed ecco sette spighe, grasse e belle, venir su da un unico stelo.

6 Poi ecco sette spighe, sottili e arse dal vento orientale, germogliare dopo quelle altre.

7 E le spighe sottili inghiottirono le sette spighe grasse e piene. E Faraone si svegliò: ed ecco, era un sogno.

8 La mattina, lo spirito di Faraone fu conturbato; ed egli mandò a chiamare tutti i magi e tutti i savi d’Egitto, e raccontò loro i suoi sogni; ma non ci fu alcuno che li potesse interpretare a Faraone.

Genesi 41:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 41

In this chapter are related Pharaoh's dreams, which his magicians could not interpret, Ge 41:1-9, upon which the chief butler now remembering Joseph, recommended him to Pharaoh as an interpreter, having had an happy experience of him as such himself, Ge 41:10-13, when Joseph was sent for out of prison; and Pharaoh having related his dreams, he interpreted them of seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine, that should be in the land of Egypt, Ge 41:14-32; and having done, he gave his advice to provide in the years of plenty against the years of famine, and proposed a scheme for doing it, which was approved of by Pharaoh and his ministers, Ge 41:33-37; and Joseph himself was pitched upon as the most proper person to execute it, and was appointed chief over the kingdom next to Pharaoh, who gave him a new name and a wife upon this occasion, Ge 41:38-45; accordingly, in the years of plenty he took a tour throughout the whole land, and gathered and laid up food in vast quantities in every city, Ge 41:46-49; an account is given of two sons born to Joseph, and of their names, Ge 41:50-52; and of the seven years of famine, beginning to come on at the end of the seven years of plenty, which brought great distress on the land of Egypt, and the countries round about, who all came to Joseph to buy corn, Ge 41:53-57.