Genesis 41:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. ”

Genesis 41:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Joseph Was Exalted 1. יאר y e '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...
Genesis 41:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, (g) [It is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. (g) As though he would say if I interpret your dream it comes from God, and not from me.
Genesis 41:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41. Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams and is Made Viceroy of Egypt. This is mainly from E, Genesis 41:1-28 apart from Genesis 41:15 b , and perhaps Genesis 41:9 b entirely so. But...
Genesis 41:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. Joseph added this from the kindly feeling of his heart; for he did not yet comprehend what the nature of the oracle would be. Therefore he could...
Genesis 41:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. It is not in me, etc. - בלעדי biladai, without or independently of me - I am not essential to thy co...
Genesis 41:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Joseph answered, &c.— With pious modesty Joseph answers the king, in almost the same terms which Daniel afterwards used, who was influenced by the same pious and holy principles. See Danie...
Genesis 41:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. Pharaoh said ....
Genesis 41:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Dreams of Pharaoh and the Advancement of Joseph 1. Pharaoh] It is believed that a dynasty of Asiatic (perhaps Bedouin) conquerors, known as the Hyksôs or Shepherd kings, were now in power in E...
Genesis 41:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PHARAOH'S DREAMS Genesis 41:1-57 "Thus saith the Lord, that frustrateth the tokens of the liars and maketh diviners mad; that confirmeth the word of His servant, and performeth the counsel of H...
Genesis 41:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pharaoh's Dreams Interpreted Genesis 41:14-36 Notwithstanding the great urgency of the royal summons, and the speed with which the great events of his life crowded on one another, Joseph was ke...
Genesis 41:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Still the divine activity proceeded. Now it was Pharaoh who dreamed, and now the butler remembered. The result was that Joseph was brought before the king, and as he stood in the royal presence he wa...
Genesis 41:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! do not overlook Joseph's humble frame of mind in this answer. Neither forget that precious scripture, 1 Peter 5:5 .
Genesis 41:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [it is] not in me ,.... Which expresses his great modesty, that he did not arrogate such skill and wisdom to himself; declaring that he had no such power and abi...
Genesis 41:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. Ver. 16. It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh, &c.] This is the voice of all that have tr...
Genesis 41:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It is not in me I cannot do this by any virtue, or power, or art of my own; but only by the inspiration of the great God. 1st, Thus he gives the honour to God, to whom it was due, and leads Pharaoh...
Genesis 41:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DREAMS SENT BY GOD TO PHARAOH Joseph remained in prison two full years longer, a further time of learning in humiliation the practical lesson of self-discipline. But he was under God's eye, and at...
Genesis 41:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joseph Brought before Pharaoh. B. C. 1715. 9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh,...
Genesis 41:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I cannot do this by any power, or virtue, or art of my own, for I am but a man, as your magicians are, but only by inspiration from the great God. Thus he gives the honour from himself unto God, and...
Genesis 41:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Joseph answered Pharaoh saying, “It is not in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.” ' Joseph firmly declares that the gift is not in him. It is God who can reveal the meaning of dream...
Genesis 41:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 41:14 . He shaved himself and changed his raiment.] “The fact of Joseph having shaved himself is in striking accord with the Egyptian custom, which was to let the beard a...
Genesis 41:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 41:1 . Pharaoh dreamed. See on Isaiah 4:2 . Whatever be the pleas of atheism and materialism against dreams of a prophetic character, it is evident enough from the gentile mythology, and...
Genesis 41:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph Joseph summoned into Pharaoh’s presence I. HIS LONG WAITING FOR NOTICE AND DELIVERANCE. The religious mind will see in this the wisdom of God. 1. In regar...
Genesis 41:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years (literally, two years of days, i.e. two complete years from the commencement of Joseph's incarceration, or mor...
Genesis 41:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Pharaoh tells Joseph his Dreams
Genesis 41:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

It is not. Genesis 40:8 Numbers 12:6 2 Kings 6:27 Daniel 2:18-23 Daniel 2:28-30 Daniel 2:47 Daniel 4:2 Acts 3:7 Acts 3:12 Acts 14:14 Acts 14:15 1 Corinthians 15:10 2 Corinthi...
Genesis 41:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

God Intervenes for Joseph Genesis 41:9-37 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How the words ring out with almost appalling sadness: "Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him." 1. Joseph h...
Genesis 41:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

(1.) He gives honour to God; It is not in me; God must give it. Great gifts then appear most graceful and illustrious, when those that have them use them humbly, and take not the praise of them to...

Genesis 41:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 41:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 41:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 41:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 41:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 41:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 41:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 41:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 41:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 41:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 41:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 41:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 41:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 41:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 41:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes