Genesis 41:5
in Genesis 41but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
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ASV
And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
KJV
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
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This verse in Genesis 41
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
dreamed a second time
on Genesis 41:5-7
He falls asleep again and dreams a second time, seven plump heads of grain swallowed by seven thin ones. Clarke observes that the east wind is the blighting wind through Scripture, blamed for ruined grain and fruit from Exodus to Jonah. Pharaoh wakes and knows it was a dream.
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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he slept, and dreamed the second time,....
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּישָׁ֕ן | vaiyishan | and he slept | H3462 → | |
| וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖ם | vaiyachalom | and he dreamed | H2492 → | 29 times |
| שֵׁנִ֑ית | shenit | a second [time] | H8145 → | 156 times |
| וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| שֶׁ֣בַע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| שִׁבֳּלִ֗ים | shibolim | ears of grain | H7641 → | 19 times |
| עֹל֛וֹת | olot | [were] coming up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| בְּקָנֶ֥ה | bekaneh | on a stalk | H7070 → | |
| אֶחָ֖ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| בְּרִיא֥וֹת | beriot | fat | H1277 → | 13 times |
| וְטֹבֽוֹת׃ | vetovot | and good | H2896 → | 538 times |
וַיִּישָׁ֕ןand he slept
vaiyishanH3462 →
וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖םand he dreamed
vaiyachalomH2492 →29 times
שֵׁנִ֑יתa second [time]
shenitH8145 →156 times
וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀and there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
שֶׁ֣בַעseven
sheva'H7651 →394 times
שִׁבֳּלִ֗יםears of grain
shibolimH7641 →19 times
עֹל֛וֹת[were] coming up
olotH5927 →890 times
בְּקָנֶ֥הon a stalk
bekanehH7070 →
אֶחָ֖דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
בְּרִיא֥וֹתfat
beriotH1277 →13 times
וְטֹבֽוֹת׃and good
vetovotH2896 →538 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
Deuteronomy 32:14with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes…
it leads to
- Genesis 49:11
He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
- Psalms 81:16
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
- Psalms 147:14
He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
- Judges 5:25
He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
- 2 Samuel 17:29
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
- Genesis 49:11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).