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Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him. <a href="/nlt/genesis/41.htm">New Living Translation</a> The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant. <a href="/esv/genesis/41.htm">English Standard Version</a> So in the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh. <a href="/bsb/genesis/41.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him. <a href="/kjv/genesis/41.htm">King James Bible</a> And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/41.htm">New King James Version</a> Now it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/41.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent messengers and called for all the soothsayer priests of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh. <a href="/nasb/genesis/41.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/41.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now it came about in the morning that his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh. <a href="/lsb/genesis/41.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now it happened that in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. And Pharaoh recounted to them his dream, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh. <a href="/amp/genesis/41.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So when morning came his spirit was troubled and disturbed and he sent and called for all the magicians and all the wise men of Egypt. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them to him. <a href="/csb/genesis/41.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When morning came, he was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/41.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When morning came, he was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him. <a href="/asv/genesis/41.htm">American Standard Version</a> And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. <a href="/cev/genesis/41.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The next morning the king was upset. So he called in his magicians and wise men and told them what he had dreamed. None of them could tell him what the dreams meant. <a href="/erv/genesis/41.htm">English Revised Version</a> And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. <a href="/gwt/genesis/41.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In the morning he was so upset that he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could tell him what they meant. <a href="/gnt/genesis/41.htm">Good News Translation</a> In the morning he was worried, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. He told them his dreams, but no one could explain them to him. <a href="/isv/genesis/41.htm">International Standard Version</a> The very next morning, he was frustrated about the dream, so he sent word to summon all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them what he had dreamed, but no one could interpret them. <a href="/msb/genesis/41.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him. <a href="/net/genesis/41.htm">NET Bible</a> In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him. <a href="/nheb/genesis/41.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> It happened in the morning that his mind was troubled, so he summoned all of Egypt?s magicians and wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh. <a href="/wbt/genesis/41.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them to Pharaoh. <a href="/web/genesis/41.htm">World English Bible</a> In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/41.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it comes to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sends and calls all the enchanters of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounts to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh. <a href="/ylt/genesis/41.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And it cometh to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sendeth and calleth all the scribes of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounteth to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh. <a href="/slt/genesis/41.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it will be in the morning, and his soul will be troubled; and he will send and call all the sacred scribes of Egypt, and all his wise; and Pharaoh will relate to them his dream; and none interpreting them to Pharaoh.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/41.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And when morning was come, being struck with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egypt, and to all the wise men: and they being called for, he told them his dream, and there was not any one that could interpret it. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/41.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and when morning arrived, being terrified with fear, sent to all the interpreters of Egypt and to all of the wise men. And when they were summoned, he explained to them his dream; but there was no one who could interpret it. <a href="/nabre/genesis/41.htm">New American Bible</a> Next morning his mind was agitated. So Pharaoh had all the magicians and sages of Egypt summoned and recounted his dream to them; but there was no one to interpret it for him. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/41.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In the morning his spirit was troubled; so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/41.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; so he sent and called for all the magicians and all the wise men of Egypt; and Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was no man who could interpret them to Pharaoh. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/41.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And it was dawn, and the spirit of Pharaoh was troubled, and he sent and called all the Sorcerers and all the Wise Ones of Egypt, and Pharaoh related to them his dreams, and there was none who interpreted them for Pharaoh.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/41.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof; and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. <a href="/sep/genesis/41.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And it was morning, and his soul was troubled; and he sent and called all the interpreters of Egypt, and all her wise men; and Pharao related to them his dream, and there was no one to interpret it to Pharao. <a href="/parallel/genesis/41-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=10341" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/41.htm">The Dreams of Pharaoh</a> …7And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream. 8<a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: ḇab·bō·qer (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">In the morning</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·ḥōw (N-csc:: 3ms) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">his spirit</a> <a href="/hebrew/6470.htm" title="6470: wat·tip·pā·‘em (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To thrust, impel. A primitive root; to tap, i.e. Beat regularly; hence to impel or agitate.">was troubled,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: way·yiš·laḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">so he summoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2748.htm" title="2748: ḥar·ṭum·mê (N-mpc) -- An engraver, writer. From the same as cheret; a horoscopist.">the magicians</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450: ḥă·ḵā·me·hā (Adj-mpc:: 3fs) -- Wise. From chakam; wise.">wise men</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: par·‘ōh (N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/hebrew/5608.htm" title="5608: way·sap·pêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To count, recount, relate. ">told</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2472.htm" title="2472: ḥă·lō·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A dream. Or chalom; from chalam; a dream.">his dreams,</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">but no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/6622.htm" title="6622: pō·w·ṯêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To interpret. A primitive root; to open up, i.e. interpret.">could interpret</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: lə·p̄ar·‘ōh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">for him.</a> 9Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/daniel/2-1.htm">Daniel 2:1-3</a> In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him. / So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king, / he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.” <a href="/daniel/4-5.htm">Daniel 4:5-7</a> I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me. / So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me. / When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me. <a href="/exodus/7-11.htm">Exodus 7:11-12</a> But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts. / Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs. <a href="/1_kings/3-16.htm">1 Kings 3:16-28</a> At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. / One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house. / On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us. ... <a href="/isaiah/47-12.htm">Isaiah 47:12-13</a> So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror! / You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate. <a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9</a> But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ <a href="/daniel/1-20.htm">Daniel 1:20</a> In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom. <a href="/daniel/5-7.htm">Daniel 5:7-8</a> The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.” / So all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or interpret it for him. <a href="/matthew/2-1.htm">Matthew 2:1-2</a> After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, / asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” <a href="/acts/8-9.htm">Acts 8:9-11</a> Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great, / and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.” / They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery. <a href="/acts/13-6.htm">Acts 13:6-8</a> They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, / an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. / But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. <a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm">2 Timothy 3:8</a> Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith. <a href="/revelation/18-23.htm">Revelation 18:23</a> The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” <a href="/exodus/8-18.htm">Exodus 8:18-19</a> The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast. / “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said. <a href="/1_samuel/28-6.htm">1 Samuel 28:6-7</a> He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets. / Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them to Pharaoh.his spirit.<a href="/genesis/40-6.htm">Genesis 40:6</a> And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.<a href="/daniel/2-1.htm">Daniel 2:1-3</a> And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him… <a href="/daniel/4-5.htm">Daniel 4:5,19</a> I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me… the magicians of Egypt.<a href="/exodus/7-11.htm">Exodus 7:11,22</a> Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments… <a href="/exodus/8-7.htm">Exodus 8:7,18,19</a> And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt… <a href="/exodus/9-11.htm">Exodus 9:11</a> And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.the wise men.<a href="/matthew/2-1.htm">Matthew 2:1</a> Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,<a href="/acts/7-22.htm">Acts 7:22</a> And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.but there.<a href="/genesis/40-8.htm">Genesis 40:8</a> And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.<a href="/job/5-12.htm">Job 5:12,13</a> He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise… <a href="/psalms/25-14.htm">Psalm 25:14</a> The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/40-8.htm">Able</a> <a href="/genesis/41-7.htm">Dream</a> <a href="/genesis/40-8.htm">Dreams</a> <a href="/genesis/40-5.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-9.htm">Egypt's</a> <a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/genesis/40-8.htm">Interpret</a> <a href="/genesis/35-22.htm">It</a> <a href="/daniel/5-15.htm">Magicians</a> <a href="/genesis/40-6.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/genesis/41-7.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/genesis/40-18.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/genesis/35-29.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/genesis/40-18.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/genesis/40-6.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/genesis/3-6.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/41-15.htm">Able</a> <a href="/genesis/41-11.htm">Dream</a> <a href="/genesis/41-11.htm">Dreams</a> <a href="/genesis/41-19.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/genesis/41-34.htm">Egypt's</a> <a href="/exodus/3-5.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/genesis/41-12.htm">Interpret</a> <a href="/exodus/16-22.htm">It</a> <a href="/genesis/41-24.htm">Magicians</a> <a href="/genesis/44-3.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/genesis/41-9.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/genesis/41-11.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/genesis/41-38.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/genesis/45-16.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/genesis/45-3.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/genesis/41-24.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 41</div>1. <a href="/genesis/41-1.htm">Pharaoh has two dreams.</a> 9. <a href="/genesis/41-9.htm">Joseph interprets them.</a> 33. <a href="/genesis/41-33.htm">He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly advanced, and married.</a> 46. <a href="/genesis/41-46.htm">The seven years of plenty.</a> 50. <a href="/genesis/41-50.htm">He begets children.</a> 53. <a href="/genesis/41-53.htm">The famine begins.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/41.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/41.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>In the morning his spirit was troubled Pharaoh's troubled spirit reflects the ancient belief in the significance of dreams as divine messages. In Egyptian culture, dreams were often seen as omens or communications from the gods, and a troubled spirit indicated a need for interpretation. This aligns with the biblical theme of God using dreams to communicate, as seen with Joseph's earlier dreams (<a href="/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5-10</a>).so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt The magicians and wise men were part of the Egyptian priestly class, skilled in interpreting dreams and performing rituals. Their inability to interpret Pharaoh's dreams highlights the limitations of human wisdom compared to divine revelation. This sets the stage for Joseph, who relies on God for interpretation, contrasting the wisdom of Egypt with the wisdom of God.Pharaoh told them his dreams Pharaoh's willingness to share his dreams with his advisors underscores the urgency and importance he placed on understanding them. Dreams were considered significant in Egyptian culture, often influencing decisions and policies. This moment foreshadows the divine intervention through Joseph, who will provide the true interpretation.but no one could interpret them for him The failure of the magicians and wise men to interpret the dreams emphasizes the theme of divine sovereignty. It demonstrates that true understanding and wisdom come from God alone. This inability sets the stage for Joseph's rise to power, as he will soon be called upon to provide the interpretation through God's guidance, fulfilling God's purpose and plan.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a> The ruler of Egypt, who is troubled by his dreams and seeks their interpretation. 2. <a href="/topical/m/magicians_of_egypt.htm">Magicians of Egypt</a> These were the learned men and priests who practiced the arts of divination and magic, often consulted for their wisdom and insight. 3. <a href="/topical/w/wise_men.htm">Wise Men</a> Advisors and scholars in Pharaoh's court, known for their knowledge and understanding. 4. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The powerful and influential kingdom where these events take place. 5. <a href="/topical/d/dreams.htm">Dreams</a> The medium through which God communicates a future event to Pharaoh, which he cannot understand without divine interpretation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_limitations_of_human_wisdom.htm">The Limitations of Human Wisdom</a> Despite their knowledge and skills, the magicians and wise men of Egypt could not interpret Pharaoh's dreams. This illustrates the limitations of human wisdom and the need for divine insight. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_revelation.htm">God's Sovereignty in Revelation</a> God chose to reveal the future through dreams to Pharaoh, a pagan king, demonstrating His sovereignty over all nations and His ability to communicate His plans to anyone He chooses. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_godly_wisdom.htm">Seeking Godly Wisdom</a> When faced with confusion or uncertainty, believers should seek wisdom from God, who provides understanding beyond human capability. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_god's_servants.htm">The Role of God's Servants</a> Joseph, who later interprets Pharaoh's dreams, serves as an example of how God uses His servants to reveal His purposes and provide guidance to those in authority. <a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god's_timing.htm">Trusting in God's Timing</a> Pharaoh's inability to find an interpreter among his own people sets the stage for Joseph's rise to prominence, reminding us to trust in God's perfect timing and plan.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_41.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 41</a> <a href="/q/forgive_debtors.htm">Does Genesis depict Joseph's actions as socialist?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_discernment.htm">What does the Bible teach about discernment?</a> <a href="/q/could_pharaoh_trust_an_ex-prisoner_fully.htm">Genesis 41:39-40: Is it plausible that Pharaoh would entrust total authority over Egypt to someone just released from prison based solely on dream interpretation?</a> <a href="/q/are_levitation_tricks_real_or_fake.htm">Are levitation tricks genuine or just illusions?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/41.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) Magicians.--The word used here probably means the "sacred scribes," who were skilled in writing and reading hieroglyphics. But in ancient times the possession of real knowledge was generally accompanied by a claim to an occult and mysterious acquaintance with the secrets of the gods and of nature. And as the people regarded the knowledge which such scribes really possessed as more than human, the claim was easily maintained, or, rather, grew naturally out of the superstition of the multitude. So, too, the "wise men" were men educated and trained, but probably the profession of magic, of divination, and astrology was that which gained for them wealth and honour, and not the possession of whatever real science existed at that time in Egypt. We find, subsequently, even Joseph claiming the power of divination.There was none that could interpret . . . --Probably many of the wise men made the attempt, but in such an imperfect manner as not to be able to satisfy Pharaoh's mind, or allay the excitement of his spirit.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/41.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; or, rather, his mind was agitated, ἐταράχθη ἡ χυχὴ αὐτοῦ (LXX.), pavore perterritus (Vulgate), the ruach being the seat of the senses, affections, and emotions of various kinds (cf. <a href="/daniel/2-1.htm">Daniel 2:1</a>; <a href="/daniel/4-5.htm">Daniel 4:5, 19</a>) - and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, - the חַרְטֻמִּים, from חָרַט (unused), to engrave, whence חֶרֶט, a stylus (Gesenius), or from חוּר, to see or explain, and טוּם, to conceal, i.e. he who explains hidden or mysterious things (Kalisch), were sacred scribes, ἱερογραμματεῖς, belonging to the priestly caste, who were skilled in making and deciphering the hieroglyphics. Besides figuring in the Court of Pharaoh (<a href="/exodus/7-11.htm">Exodus 7:11, 22</a>; <a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Exodus 8:3</a>; <a href="/exodus/14-15.htm">Exodus 14:15</a>) in the time of Moses, they recur again at a later period in that of the Babylonian monarch Nebuchadnezzar (<a href="/daniel/1-20.htm">Daniel 1:20</a>; <a href="/daniel/2-2.htm">Daniel 2:2</a>) - and all the wise men thereof. The חֲכָמִים, from חָכַם, the primary idea of which is that of judging (Gesenius), were persons capable of judging, hence persons endowed with pre-eminent abilities for the prosecution of the ordinary business of life, the cultivation of the arts and sciences, the practice of divination, the interpreting of dreams, and other kindred occupations. They were the sages of the nation. And Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. The magicians of Egypt were not so conceited as their Brethren in Babylon afterwards showed themselves to be, <a href="/daniel/2-4.htm">Daniel 2:4</a> (Lawson). That they could not explain the dream, though couched in the symbolical language of the time, was no doubt surprising; but "the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God" (<a href="/1_corinthians/2-11.htm">1 Corinthians 2:11</a>), and they to whom the Spirit doth reveal them (<a href="/1_corinthians/2-10.htm">1 Corinthians 2:10</a>). <a href="/commentaries/genesis/41-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In the morning בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ (ḇab·bō·qer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> Dawn, morning his spirit רוּח֔וֹ (rū·ḥōw) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit was troubled, וַתִּפָּ֣עֶם (wat·tip·pā·‘em) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6470.htm">Strong's 6470: </a> To tap, beat regularly, to impel, agitate so he summoned וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (way·yiš·laḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the magicians חַרְטֻמֵּ֥י (ḥar·ṭum·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2748.htm">Strong's 2748: </a> An engraver, writer and כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every wise men חֲכָמֶ֑יהָ (ḥă·ḵā·me·hā) Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2450.htm">Strong's 2450: </a> Wise of Egypt. מִצְרַ֖יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa Pharaoh פַּרְעֹ֤ה (par·‘ōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings told וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר (way·sap·pêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5608.htm">Strong's 5608: </a> To count, recount, relate them his dreams, חֲלֹמ֔וֹ (ḥă·lō·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2472.htm">Strong's 2472: </a> A dream but no one וְאֵין־ (wə·’ên-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle could interpret פּוֹתֵ֥ר (pō·w·ṯêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6622.htm">Strong's 6622: </a> To open up, interpret them אוֹתָ֖ם (’ō·w·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case for him. לְפַרְעֹֽה׃ (lə·p̄ar·‘ōh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/41-8.htm">Genesis 41:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/41-8.htm">Genesis 41:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/41-8.htm">Genesis 41:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/41-8.htm">Genesis 41:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/41-8.htm">Genesis 41:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/41-8.htm">Genesis 41:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/41-8.htm">Genesis 41:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/41-8.htm">Genesis 41:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/41-8.htm">Genesis 41:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/41-8.htm">Genesis 41:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/41-8.htm">OT Law: Genesis 41:8 It happened in the morning that his (Gen. 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