His spirit was troubled, because he understood not the meaning of it, and dreaded the consequences of it. Compare Genesis 40:6 Daniel 2:1,3 Mt 27:19. The magicians, whose profession it was to discover secret and future things; which they did either by the observation of the stars, or by other superstitious practices, and the help of evil spirits. See Exodus 7:11, Exodus 8:19 Daniel 2:2,10. The wise men, who were conversant in the study of nature; and by reason of their great sagacity, did ofttimes make happy conjectures. Pharoah calls them both one dream, either because they seemed to portend the same thing, or because they were the product of one night, and were divided only by a very little interruption.
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Genesis 41:8
8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.