Genesis 41:1-7
am 2289, bc 1715 two full years Shenathayim yamim, "two years of days," two complete solar revolutions; as a month of days is a full month. Gen 29:14 that Pharaoh Gen 20:3, Gen 37:5-10, Gen 40:5; Judg 7:13-14; Esth 6:1; Job 33:15-16; Dan 2:1-3; Dan 4:5-18, 7:1-8:27; Matt 27:19 the river Gen 31:21; Exod 1:22, Exod 4:9; Deut 11:10; Isa 19:5; Ezek 29:3, Ezek 29:9 there came Gen 41:17-27 a meadow Or, rather, "on, or among the reeds or sedges;" for so achoo is generally supposed to denote (see note on 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 Gen 41:4, Gen 41:20-21 So Pharaoh awoke 1Kgs 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, Deut 32:14 blasted Ezek 17:10, Ezek 19:12; Hos 13:15 a dream Gen 20:3, Gen 37:5
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