Genesis 41:28
in Genesis 41It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh.
KJV
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
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This verse in Genesis 41
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
It is just as I said to Pharaoh
on Genesis 41:28-31
The famine will be heavy enough to wipe out the memory of the good years. Gill notes that abundance on this scale rested on the Nile rising high year after year, and seven such years are credited to God. The language of forgetting comes back at verse 51, over Manasseh.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh,.... As an interpretation of his dreams: what God is about to do, he sheweth unto Pharaoh: the events of fourteen years with respect to plenty and sterility.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ה֣וּא | hu' | that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הַדָּבָ֔ר | hadavar | [is] the word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי | dibarti | I spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֑ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ʾasher | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| עֹשֶׂ֖ה | ʾoseh | [is] about to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הֶרְאָ֥ה | herah | he has shown | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פַּרְעֹֽה׃ | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
ה֣וּאthat
hu'H1931 →1879 times
הַדָּבָ֔ר[is] the word
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבַּ֖רְתִּיI spoke
dibartiH1696 →1141 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פַּרְעֹ֑הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
אֲשֶׁ֧ר[that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
עֹשֶׂ֖ה[is] about to do
ʾosehH6213 →2628 times
הֶרְאָ֥הhe has shown
herahH7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
פַּרְעֹֽה׃Pharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Genesis 41:16“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- Genesis 40:8
“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
- Daniel 2:47
The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
- Acts 3:12
And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had…
- Numbers 12:6
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
Through
Genesis 41:25At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
it leads to
- Daniel 2:45
And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king…
- Revelation 4:1
After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show…
- Daniel 2:28–29
But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your…
- Daniel 2:45
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
