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So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Me thought I stood upon the bank of the river,
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Genesis 41:17 Meaning and Commentary
Genesis 41:17
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph
Relating both his dreams in a more ample manner, though to the same purpose, than before related: in my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river;
the river Nile, where he could have a full sight of what were after presented to his view.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Genesis 41:17 In-Context
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And he said to him: I have dreamed dreams, and there is no one that can expound them: Now I have heard that thou art very wise at interpreting them:
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Joseph answered: Without me, God shall give Pharao a prosperous answer.
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So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Me thought I stood upon the bank of the river,
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And seven kine came up out of the river, exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture.
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And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt:
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