Genesis 41:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And, behold, seven ears, withered,b thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: ”

Genesis 41:23 - 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 41:23 - 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 41:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
Genesis 41:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: Blasted by the east wind - destructive everywhere to grain, but particularly so in Egypt, where,...
Genesis 41:23 - 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 41:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Withered. — This word occurs only in this place. Its meaning is stony , that is, the grains were shrivelled and hard like bits of grit.
Genesis 41:23 - 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 41:23 - 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 41:23 - 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 41:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The repetition of a thing serves to confirm it. How sweetly do we find it to be so, respecting eternal things. Hebrews 6:17-18 .
Genesis 41:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And, behold, seven ears withered ,.... Here a new epithet of the bad ears is given, and expressed by a word nowhere else used, which Ben Melech interprets, small, little, according to the use of the...
Genesis 41:23 - 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 41:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dream. B. C. 1715. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my...
Genesis 41:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 41:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph saying, “In my dream, behold I stood on the bank of the Nile, and behold there came out of the Nile seven cows, fat-fleshed and well favoured, and they fed in the reed gr...
Genesis 41:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 41:32 . The dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice.] This denotes the certainty and nearness of the event. ( 1 Kings 11:9 ; Job 33:14 ; Psalms 62:11 .)— MAIN HOMILETICS...
Genesis 41:23 - 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 41:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Behold there come seven years of great plenty Joseph as a prophet In interpreting Pharaoh’s dream, Joseph shows himself a true prophet of the Lord. He has all the marks of those who are called...
Genesis 41:23 - 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 41:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Pharaoh tells Joseph his Dreams
Genesis 41:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

withered. or, small. thin. Genesis 41:6 2 Kings 19:26 Psalms 129:6 Psalms 129:7 Hosea 8:7 Hosea 9:16 Hosea 13:15 blasted.
Genesis 41:23 - 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 41:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 41:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 41:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 41:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 41:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 41:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 41:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 41:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 41:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 41:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 41:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 41:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 41:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 41:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 41:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 41:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 41:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 41:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 41:23 - Wells of Living Water Commentary