Genesis 41:1
Good News Translation
After two years had passed, the king of Egypt dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River,

New Revised Standard Version
After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,

Contemporary English Version
Two years later the king of Egypt dreamed he was standing beside the Nile River.

New American Bible
After a lapse of two years, Pharaoh had a dream. He was standing by the Nile,

Douay-Rheims Bible
After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river,

A.

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.

Genesis 29:14 He answered: Thou art my bone and my flesh. And after the days of one month were expired,

that Pharaoh.

Genesis 20:3 And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.

Genesis 37:5-10 Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more. . . .

Genesis 40:5 And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:

Judges 7:13,14 And when Gedeon was come, one told his neighbour a dream: and in this manner related what he had seen: I dreamt a dream, and it seemed to me as if a hearth cake of barley bread rolled and came down into the camp of Madian: and when it was come to a tent, it struck it, and beat it down flat to the ground. . . .

Esther 6:1 That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,

Job 33:15,16 By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds: . . .

Daniel 2:1-3 In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream went out of his mind. . . .

Daniel 4:5-18 Till their colleague, Daniel, came in before me, whose name is Baltassar, according to the name of my god, who hath in him the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him. . . .

Daniel 7:1-8:27 In the first year of Baltasar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream: and the vision of his head was upon his bed: and writing the dream, he comprehended it in a few words: and relating the sum of it in short, he said: . . .

Matthew 27:19 And as he was sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to him, saying: Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

the river.

Genesis 31:21 And when he was gone, together with all that belonged to him, and having passed the river, was going on towards mount Galaad,

Exodus 1:22 Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

Exodus 4:9 But if they will not even believe these two signs, nor hear thy voice: take of the river water, and pour it out upon the dry land, and whatsoever thou drawest out of the river, shall be turned into blood.

Deuteronomy 11:10 For the land, which thou goest to possess, is not like the land of Egypt, from whence thou camest out, where, when the seed is sown, waters are brought in to water it after the manner of gardens.

Isaiah 19:5 And the water of the sea shall be dried up, and the river shall be wasted and dry.

Ezekiel 29:3,9 Speak, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against thee, Pharao king of Egypt, thou great dragon that liest in the midst of thy rivers, and sayest: The river is mine, and I made myself. . . .

Context
The Dreams of Pharaoh
1After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river,2Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.…
Cross References
Genesis 28:12
And he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth, and the top thereof touching heaven: the angels also of God ascending and descending by it.

Genesis 40:23
But the chief butler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter.

Genesis 41:2
Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.

Exodus 1:22
Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

Daniel 2:1
In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream went out of his mind.

Genesis 40:23
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