Genesis 15:1
1 God encourages Abram, who complains for want of an heir.4 God promises him a son, and a multiplying of his seed.6 Abram is justified by faith.7 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by a sign, and a vision, prophetic of the condition of his posterity till brought out of Egypt. A.M. 2093. B.C. 1911. in.46:2; Nu 12:6; 1Sa 9:9; Eze 1:1; 3:4; 11:24; Da 10:1-16; Ac 10:10-17Ac 10:22; Heb 1:1Fear.14-16; 26:24; 46:3; Ex 14:13; De 31:6; 1Ch 28:20; Ps 27:1; Isa 35:4Isa 41:10,14; 43:1,5; 44:2,8; 51:12; Da 10:12; Mt 8:26; 10:28-31Mt 28:5; Lu 1:13,30; 12:32; Re 1:17thy shield.De 33:29; Ps 3:3; 5:12; 18:2; 84:9,11; 91:4; 119:114; Pr 30:5and thy.De 33:26-29; Ru 2:12; Ps 16:5,6; 58:11; 142:5; Pr 11:18; La 3:241Co 3:22; Heb 13:5,6; Re 21:3,4Genesis 15:12
deep.2:21; 1Sa 26:12; Job 4:13,14; 33:15; Da 10:8,9; Ac 20:9horror.Ps 4:3-5; Ac 9:8,9Genesis 20:3
a dream.28:12; 31:24; 37:5,9; 40:8; 41:1-36; Job 4:12,13; 33:15; Mt 1:20Mt 2:12,13; 27:19a dead.7; Ps 105:14; Eze 33:14,15; Jon 3:4a man's wife. Heb. married to an husband.Genesis 20:6-7
withheld.18; 31:7; 35:5; Ex 34:24; 1Sa 25:26,34; Ps 84:11; Pr 21:1; Ho 2:6,7sinning.39:9; Le 6:2; Ps 51:4; 81:12; 2Th 2:7,11to touch.3:3; 26:11; 1Co 7:1; 2Co 6:17 a prophet.The word {navi,} rendered a prophet, not only signifies one who foretell future events, but also an intercessor, instructor. See 1 Sa ch. 10. 1Ki 18:1-46; 1Co 14:4The title was also given to men eminent for eloquence and literary abilities: hence Aaron, because he was the spokesman of Moses to the Egyptian king, is called a prophet. Ex 4:16; 7:1; 12:1-3; 18:17; 7:1; 1Ch 16:22; Ps 25:14; 105:9-15Heb 1:1pray.Le 6:4,7; 1Sa 7:5,8; 12:19,23; 2Sa 24:17; 1Ki 13:6; 2Ki 5:11; 19:2-4Job 42:8; Jer 14:11; 15:1; 27:18; Jas 5:14-16; 1Jo 5:16; Re 11:5,6surely.18; 2:17; 12:17; Job 34:19; Ps 105:14; Eze 3:18; 33:8,14-16; Heb 13:4all.12:15; Nu 16:32,33; 2Sa 24:17Genesis 37:5-11
dreamed.928:12; 40:5; 41:1; 42:9; Nu 12:6; Jud 7:13,14; 1Ki 3:5; Ps 25:14Da 2:1; 4:5; Joe 2:28; Am 3:7and they.4,8; 49:23; Joh 17:14 Hear.44:18; Jud 9:7 your sheaves.42:6,9; 43:26; 44:14,19obeisance.Php 2:10; Col 1:18 reign over us.4; Ex 2:14; 1Sa 10:27; 17:28; Ps 2:3-6; 118:22; Lu 19:14; 20:17Ac 4:27,28; 7:35; Heb 10:29 another dream.7; 41:25,32the sun.10; 43:28; 44:14,19; 45:9; 46:29; 47:12; 50:15-21; Ac 7:9-14stars.Da 8:10; Php 2:15 Shall I.27:29; Isa 60:14; Php 2:10,11 envied.26:14-16; Ps 106:16; Ec 4:4; Isa 11:13; 26:11; Mt 27:18; Mr 15:10Ac 7:9; 13:45; Ga 5:21; Tit 3:3; Jas 3:14-16; 4:5observed.24:31; Da 7:28; Lu 2:19,51Genesis 40
1 The chief butler and baker of Pharaoh being imprisoned, Joseph is charged with them.5 He interprets their dreams.20 They are accomplished according to his interpretation.23 The ingratitude of the butler, in forgetting Joseph. it came.39:20-23; Es 6:1the butler.{Mashkeh,} from {shakah,} to give drink, is the same as {saky} among the Arabians and Persians, and signifies a cup-bearer. 13; Ne 1:11; 2:1,2 wroth.Ps 76:10; Pr 16:14; 19:12,19; 27:4; Ac 12:20the chief of the butlers.1Ch 27:27 the place.39:20,23where Joseph was bound.Or, "where Joseph was confined," for he doubtless had his personal liberty. This place, we learn from the preceding chapter, (ver. 20,) was the king's prison. All the officers in the employment of the ancient kings of Egypt, according to Diodorus Siculus, were taken from the most illustrious families of the priesthood in the country; no slave or common person being ever permitted to serve in the presence of the king. As these persons were of the most noble families, it is natural to expect they would be put, when accused, into the state prison. the captain.37:36; 39:1,21-23; Ps 37:5a season.{Yamim,} literally days; how long is uncertain, though the word may signify, as many suppose, a complete year (see Ge 4:3; 24:55); and as Pharaoh called them to an account on his birthday, (ver. 20,) Calmet supposes they had offended on the preceding birthday, and thus had been one whole year in prison. A.M. 2287. B.C. 1717.8; 12:1-7; 20:3; 37:5-10; 41:1-7,11; Nu 12:6; Jud 7:13,14; Es 6:1Job 33:15-17; Da 2:1-3; 4:5,9,19; 7:1-8:27 and, behold.8; 41:8; Da 2:1-3; 4:5; 5:6; 7:28; 8:27 Wherefore.Jud 18:24; 1Sa 1:8; 2Sa 13:4; Ne 2:2; Lu 24:17look ye so sadly to-day. Heb. are your faces evil. Do not, etc.41:15,16; Job 33:15,16; Ps 25:14; Isa 8:19; Da 2:11,28,47; 4:8Da 5:11-15; 1Co 12:10,11; Am 3:7 a vine.37:5-10; Jud 7:13-15; Da 2:31; 4:8,10-18 10 And I took, etc.From this we find that wine anciently was the mere expressed juice of the grape, without fermentation. The {saky,} or cup-bearer, took the bunch, pressed the juice into the cup, and instantly delivered it to his master. pressed.49:11; Le 10:9; Pr 3:10hand.21; 1Ki 10:5; 2Ch 9:4; Ne 1:11; 2:1 This.18; 41:12,25,26; Jud 7:14; Da 2:36-45; 4:19-33The three.41:26; Jud 7:14; Mt 26:26; 1Co 10:4; Ga 4:25 within.7:4shall.20-22; 2Ki 25:27; Ps 3:3; Jer 52:31lift up thine head. or, reckon.19; *marg:20; *marg: think on me. Heb. remember me with thee. on me.1Sa 25:31; Lu 23:42; 1Co 7:21shew.Jos 2:12; 1Sa 20:14,15; 2Sa 9:1; 1Ki 2:7 stolen.37:28; Ex 21:16; De 24:7; 1Ti 1:10the Hebrews.14:13; 41:12done.39:8-12,20; 1Sa 24:11; Ps 59:3,4; Da 6:22; Joh 10:32; 15:25Ac 24:12-21; 25:10,11; 1Pe 3:17,18 the chief.1,2white baskets. or, baskets full of holes. bake-meats. Heb. meat of Pharaoh, the work of a baker, orcook. 49:20; 1Ch 12:20 12; 41:26; 1Co 10:4; 11:24 within.13lift up thy head from off thee. or, reckon thee and take thyoffice from thee. hang thee. 22; 41:13; De 21:22,23; Jos 8:29; 10:26; 2Sa 21:6; Pr 30:17; Ga 3:13and the birds.17; 1Sa 17:44,46; 2Sa 21:10; Eze 39:4; Ac 20:27 third day.13,19birthday.21:8; Es 1:3; Job 3:1; Mt 14:6; Mr 6:21lifted up. or, reckoned.13,19; *marg:2Ki 25:27; Mt 18:23-25; 25:19; Lu 16:1,2 gave the cup.13; Ne 2:1 he hanged.8,19; 41:11-13,16; Jer 23:28; Da 2:19-23,30; 5:12; Ac 5:30 but forgat him.Job 19:14; Ps 31:12; 105:19; Ec 9:15,16; Am 6:6Genesis 41
1 Pharaoh has two dreams.9 Joseph interprets them.33 He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly advanced, and married.46 The seven years of plenty.50 He begets children.53 The famine begins. A.M. 2289. B.C. 1715. two full years.{Shenathayim yamim,} "two years of days," two complete solar revolutions; as a month of days is a full month. 29:14that Pharaoh.20:3; 37:5-10; 40:5; Jud 7:13,14; Es 6:1; Job 33:15,16; Da 2:1-3Da 4:5-18; 7:1-8:27; Mt 27:19the river.31:21; Ex 1:22; 4:9; De 11:10; Isa 19:5; Eze 29:3,9 there came.17-27a meadow.Or, rather, "on, or among the reeds or sedges;" for so {achoo} is generally supposed to denote (see Job 8:11); so called, according to Mr. Parkhurst, from its fitness for making ropes, or the like, to connect or join things together, from {achah,} to join, connect: thus the Latin {juncus,} a bulrush, {a jungendo,} from joining, for the same reason. He supposes it to be that sort of reed growing near the Nile which Hasselquist describes as "having scarce any branches, but numerous leaves, which are narrow, smooth, channelled on the upper surface, and the plant about eleven feet high. The Egyptians make ropes of the leaves." ill favoured.4,20,21 So Pharaoh awoke.1Ki 3:15 seven ears.A species of wheat, which grows in Egypt, bears, when perfect, seven ears on one stalk, as its natural conformation. It differs from ours in having a solid stem, or at least a stem full of pith, in order to yield sufficient nourishment and support to so great a weight as the ears which it bears. rank. Heb. fat.De 32:14 blasted.Eze 17:10; 19:12; Ho 13:15 a dream.20:3; 37:5 his spirit.40:6; Da 2:1-3; 4:5,19; 5:6; 7:28; 8:27; Hab 3:16the magicians of Egypt.The word here used (chartummim) may mean no more than interpreters of abstruse or difficult subjects; especially of dreams and visions, which formed a considerable part of the ancient pagan religion; and the Egyptian priests were the first who professed this art. The word may be of affinity with, or derived from, the Persian {chiradmand,} wise, learned, judicious, intelligent, from {chirad,} understanding, judgment, and {mand,} endowed with. They seem to have been such persons as Josephus calls sacred scribes; or professors of sacred learning. Ex 7:11,22; 8:7,18,19; 9:11; Le 19:31; 20:6; De 18:9-14; Isa 8:19Isa 19:3; 29:14; 47:12,13; Da 1:20; 2:2; 4:7; 5:7,11; Ac 17:18the wise men.Mt 2:1; Ac 7:22but there.40:8; Job 5:12,13; Ps 25:14; Isa 19:11-13; 29:14; Da 2:4-11,27,28Da 5:8; 1Co 1:19; 3:18-20 I do remember.40:1-3,14,23 Pharaoh.39:20; 40:2,3captain.37:36 40:5-8 servant.37:36; 39:1,20interpreted.40:12-19 me he restored.40:12,20-22; Jer 1:10; Eze 43:3 sent.1Sa 2:7,8; Ps 105:19-22; 113:7,8and they brought him hastily. Heb. made him run.Ex 10:16; 1Sa 2:8; Ps 113:7,8; Da 2:25he shaved.2Sa 19:24; 2Ki 25:29; Es 4:1-4; 5:1; Isa 61:3,10; Jer 52:32,33 I have heard.9-13; Ps 25:14; Da 5:12,16that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. or, whenthou hearest a dream, thou canst interpret it. It is not.40:8; Nu 12:6; 2Ki 6:27; Da 2:18-23,28-30,47; 4:2; Ac 3:7,12Ac 14:14,15; 1Co 15:10; 2Co 3:5peace.37:14; Lu 19:42 1-7 Jer 24:1-3,5,8 19 20 eaten them up. Heb. come to the inward parts of them.Eze 3:3; Re 10:9,10still.Ps 37:19; Isa 9:20 22 withered. or, small. thin.6; 2Ki 19:26; Ps 129:6,7; Ho 8:7; 9:16; 13:15blasted.All the mischief done to corn or fruit by blasting, smutting, mildew, etc. are attributed to the east wind. (See Parallel Passages.) In Egypt it is peculiarly destructive, because it comes through the parched deserts of Arabia, often destroying vast numbers of people. The destructive nature of the {Sam, Simoom, Smoom,} or {Samiel,} is mentioned by almost all travellers. When this pestilential wind advances, its approach is indicated by a redness in the air. The principal stream of the blast always moves in a line of about 20 yards in breadth, and 12 feet above the surface of the earth; but its parching influence pervades all places to a considerable distance. The only means of preservation from its noxious influence is to lie flat, with the face upon the ground, till the blast be over. Camels and other animals instinctively perceive its approach, and bury their mouths and nostrils in the ground. It rarely last more than seven or eight minutes, but so poisonous are its effects, that it instantly suffocates those who are unfortunate enough to inhale it. I told this.8; Ex 8:19; Da 4:7 God.16; Ex 9:14; Jos 11:6; Ps 98:2; Isa 41:22,23; 43:9; Da 2:28,29Da 2:45,47; Am 3:7; Mt 24:40; Mr 13:23; Eph 1:17; Re 4:1 are. or, signify.2,5,29,47,53; 40:18; Ex 12:11; 1Co 10:4good ears are seven.40:12the dream is one.2:24; Ex 26:6; 1Jo 5:7 seven years of famine.2Sa 24:19; 2Ki 8:1 What God.16,25 26,46,49 seven years.27,54; 2Sa 24:13; 1Ki 17:1; 2Ki 8:1; Lu 4:25; Jas 5:17shall be.21,51; Pr 31:7; Isa 65:16consume.47:13; Ps 105:16 the plenty.It is well known, that in Egypt there is scarcely any rain, the country depending for its fertility upon the overflowing of the Nile; and that the fertility is in proportion to the duration and quality of the overflow, in order to saturate the land and prepare for the seed. Pliny has given a scale, by which the plenty or dearth may ascertained; which may be considered as perfectly correct. The ordinary height of the inundations is 16 cubits. When the waters are lower than this standard, they do not overflow the whole ground; when above this standard they are too long in running off. In the first case, the ground is not saturated; by the second, the waters are detained so long on the ground that seed-time is lost. The province marks both. If it rise only 12 cubits, a famine is the consequence; at 13 hunger prevails; 14 produces general rejoicing; 15 perfect security; and 16 all the luxuries of life. grievous. Heb. heavy.1Sa 5:6; Isa 24:20 doubled.37:7,9; Job 33:14,15; 2Co 13:1it is because.Nu 23:19; Isa 14:24-27; 46:10,11; Mt 24:35established by. or, prepared of.Isa 30:33; Mt 25:34,41; Mr 10:40; 1Co 2:9; Re 9:15 therefore.Da 4:27look out.Ex 18:19-22; De 1:13; Ac 6:3 officers. or, overseers.Nu 31:14; 2Ki 11:11,12; 2Ch 34:12; Ne 11:9and take.Job 5:20; Ps 33:19; Pr 6:6-8; 22:3; 27:12; Lu 16:5 gather.48,49,56; 45:6,7hand.Ex 4:13 that the.47:13-25perish not. Heb. be not cut off.30 the thing.Ps 105:19; Pr 10:20; 25:11; Ac 7:10good.Jos 22:30; 2Sa 3:36; 1Ki 21:2 in whom.Nu 27:18; Job 32:8; Da 4:6,8,18; 5:11,14; 6:3 16,25,28,33 Thou shalt.39:4-6; 45:8,9,26; Ps 105:21,22; Pr 22:29; Da 2:46-48; 5:29; 6:3be ruled. Heb. be armed, or kiss.1Sa 10:1; Job 31:27; Ps 2:12 44; 39:5,22; Es 10:3; Pr 17:2; 22:29; Da 2:7,8; 4:2,3; 6:3; Mt 28:18Php 2:9-11 his ring.Es 3:10,12; 6:7-12; 8:2,8,10,15; 10:3; Da 2:46,47; 5:7,29; Lu 15:22fine linen. or, silk.Eze 27:7a gold chain.Pr 1:9; 31:22,24; So 1:10; Eze 16:10,11; Da 5:7,16,29; Lu 19:16-19 and they.Es 6:8,9Bow the knee. or, Tender father.45:8Heb. Abrech.Php 2:10ruler.42:6,30,33; 45:8,26; Ac 7:10 lift up his hand.Ex 11:7 Zaphnath-paaneah.Which in Coptic signifies a revealer of secrets, or, the man to whom secrets are revealed. Jerome says this name signified in Egyptian, {Savatorem mundi,} "the Saviour of the world;" and {Psotem-phaneh,} in Coptic, is certainly "salvation of the world," from [SOT,] for [soteria ,] salvation, {em,} the sign of the genitive case, and [PHENEH], world. If this interpretation be correct, Pharaoh must have meant Egypt by the world, or which Joseph might be justly termed the Saviour. We know that the Romans called their empire {Universis Orbis-Orbis Terrarum,} "all the world:" the Chinese say the same of their empire at the present day, and the phrase is used in the East: Nadir Shah is described on his coins as "Conqueror of the World," i.e., Persia. See the same phraseology applied to Syria, Palestine, etc. Lu 2:1; Ac 11:28priest of. or, prince.14:18; Ex 2:16; *marg:2Sa 8:18; 20:26; *Heb:On.46:20; Eze 30:17Aven. years.37:2; Nu 4:3; 2Sa 5:4; Lu 3:23he stood.1Sa 16:21; 1Ki 12:6,8; Pr 22:29; Da 1:19; Lu 21:36; Jude 1:24 From A.M. 2289, B.C. 1715, to A.M. 2296, B.C. 1708.handfuls. 26:12; Ps 72:16 34-36; 47:21 22:17; Jud 6:5; 7:12; 1Sa 13:5; Job 1:3; Ps 78:27; Jer 33:22 unto Joseph.46:20; 48:5Asenath.45; 46:20priest. or, prince.2Sa 8:18 called. A.M. 2292. B.C. 1712.48:5,13,14,18-20; De 33:17Manasseh. i.e., Forgetting.30; Ps 45:10; Isa 57:16forget.Ps 30:5,11; Pr 31:7; Isa 65:16 A.M. 2293. B.C. 1711. called he.29:32-35; 30:6-13; 50:23Ephraim. i.e., Fruitful.48:16-19; 49:22; Isa 40:1,2the land.Ps 105:17,18; Am 6:6; Ac 7:10 A.M. 2296. B.C. 1708.29-31; Ps 73:20; Lu 16:25 the seven.3,4,6,7,27; 45:11; Ps 105:16; Ac 7:11according.30and the dearth.42:2,5,6; 43:1; 45:11; 47:13 famished.2Ki 6:25-29; Jer 14:1-6; La 4:3-10Go unto.40,41; Ps 105:20-22; Mt 3:17; 17:5; Joh 1:14-16; Php 4:19Col 1:19 the face.Isa 23:17; Zec 5:3; Lu 21:35; Ac 17:26all the storehouses. Heb. all wherein was. sold.42:6; 47:14-24 all countries.42:1,5; 50:20; De 9:28; Ps 105:16,17in all lands.54,56Numbers 12:6
a prophet.Ge 20:7; Ex 7:1; Ps 105:15; Mt 23:31,34,37; Lu 20:6; Eph 4:11Re 11:3,10in a vision.Ge 15:1; 46:2; Job 4:13; 33:15; Ps 89:19; Eze 1:1; Da 8:2Da 10:8,16,17; Lu 1:11,22; Ac 10:11,17; 22:17,18a dream.Ge 31:10,11; 1Ki 3:5; Jer 23:28; Da 7:1; Mt 1:20; 2:12,13,19Job 4:12-21
a thing.Ps 62:11secretly. Heb. by stealth. a little.1Co 13:12 thoughts.33:14-16; Ge 20:3; 28:12; 31:24; 46:2; Nu 12:6; 22:19,20Da 2:19,28,29; 4:5deep sleep.Ge 2:21; 15:12; Da 8:18; 10:9 Fear.7:14; Ps 119:120; Isa 6:5; Da 10:11; Hab 3:16; Lu 1:12,29; Re 1:17came upon. Heb. met. all my bones. Heb. the multitude ofmy bones. 33:19 a spirit.Ps 104:4; Mt 14:26; Lu 24:37-39; Heb 1:7,14the hair.Isa 13:8; 21:3,4; Da 5:6 there, etc. or, I heard a still voice.1Ki 19:12 Shall mortal.8:3; 9:2; 35:2; 40:8; Ge 18:25; Ps 143:2; 145:17; Ec 7:20; Jer 12:1Ro 2:5; 3:4-7; 9:20; 11:33shall a man.9:30,31; 14:4; 15:14; 25:4; Jer 17:9; Mr 7:20-23; Re 4:8 he put.15:15,16; 25:5,6; Ps 103:20,21; 104:4; Isa 6:2,3and his angels he charged with folly. or, nor in his angelsin whom he put light. 2Pe 2:4; Jude 1:6 dwell.10:9; 13:12; 33:6; Ge 2:7; 3:19; 18:27; Ec 12:7; 2Co 4:7; 5:1crushed.13:28; 14:2; Ps 39:11; 90:5-7; 103:15,16; 146:4; 1Pe 1:24 destroyed. Heb. beaten in pieces.2Ch 15:6; *margfrom morning.Isa 38:12,13they perish.14:14; 16:22; Ps 39:13; 92:7without.18:17; 20:7; 2Ch 21:20; Ps 37:36; Pr 10:7 excellency.Ps 39:5,11; 49:14; 146:3,4; Isa 14:16; Lu 16:22,23; Jas 1:11die.36:12; Ps 49:20; Isa 2:22; Lu 12:20
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