1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
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But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Observe, 1. The delay of Joseph’s enlargement. It was not till the end of two full years (Gen. 41:1); so long he waited after he had entrusted the chief butler with his case and began to have some prospect of relief. Note, We have need of patience, not only bearing, but waiting, patience. Joseph lay in prison until the time that his word came, Ps. 105:19. There is a time set for the deliverance of…
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