Genesis 41:14
in Genesis 41So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
KJV
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
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This verse in Genesis 41
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
During his protracted confinement, he might have often been distressed with perplexing doubts; but the mystery of Providence was about to be cleared up, and all his sorrows forgotten in the course of honor and public usefulness in which his services were to be employed. shaved himself--The Egyptians were the only Oriental nation that liked a smooth chin.
This site's exposition
quickly brought out of the dungeon
Joseph is brought out of the dungeon in a hurry, and he shaves and changes his clothes before he goes in before Pharaoh. Jamieson notes that the Egyptians wanted a smooth chin where their neighbours wore beards, so even the shaving is Egypt's custom laid on a Hebrew. His robe went at 37:23 and his cloak at 39:12.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Notice immediately how much esteem Joseph enjoys from the outset. After being completely purified by endurance and emerging from prison like some piece of glittering gold, he was brought into Pharaoh's presence.Do you see how wonderful a thing it is to be helped by grace from on high? See how many things divine providence had arranged so that the events affecting Joseph should come to pass. After surviving that greatest challenge and avoiding the clutches of that wanton Egyptian, he was thrown into prison. It was arranged that Pharaoh's chief cupbearer and chief baker should be imprisoned there at the same time and should come to know the man's wisdom through his interpretation of dreams, so that now at the opportune moment the cupbearer should remember and bring him forward.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
It is done with all possible expedition, and Joseph is brought in, perhaps almost as much surprised as Peter was, Acts xii. So suddenly is his captivity brought back that he is as one that dreams, Ps. cxxvi.
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
They brought him hastily out of the dungeon - Pharaoh was in perplexity on account of his dreams; and when he heard of Joseph, he sent immediately to get him brought before him.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| פַּרְעֹה֙ | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| וַיִּקְרָ֣א | vaiyikra' | and he summoned | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יוֹסֵ֔ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| וַיְרִיצֻ֖הוּ | vayritzuhu | and people brought quickly him | H7323 → | 103 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַבּ֑וֹר | habor | the pit | H953 → | 66 times |
| וַיְגַלַּח֙ | vaygalach | and he shaved | H1548 → | |
| וַיְחַלֵּ֣ף | vaychalef | and he changed | H2498 → | 28 times |
| שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו | simlotav | clothes his | H8071 → | 29 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֖א | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פַּרְעֹֽה׃ | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
פַּרְעֹה֙Pharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
וַיִּקְרָ֣אand he summoned
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יוֹסֵ֔ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
וַיְרִיצֻ֖הוּand people brought quickly him
vayritzuhuH7323 →103 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַבּ֑וֹרthe pit
haborH953 →66 times
וַיְגַלַּח֙and he shaved
vaygalachH1548 →
וַיְחַלֵּ֣ףand he changed
vaychalefH2498 →28 times
שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יוclothes his
simlotavH8071 →29 times
וַיָּבֹ֖אand he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פַּרְעֹֽה׃Pharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 2:25Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:27–28
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- Daniel 5:13
So Daniel was brought before the king, who asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?
- Daniel 1:6
Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
- Daniel 6:13
Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times…
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27–28
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 63.13-14; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.