Apologetics Bible

Genesis 41:1

Hebrew

וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים וּפַרְעֹה חֹלֵם וְהִנֵּה עֹמֵד עַל־הַיְאֹֽר׃

vayehiy-miqetz-shenatayim-yamiym-vfare'oh-cholem-vehineh-'omed-'al-haye'or

KJV: And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

AKJV: And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

ASV: And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

YLT: And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River,

Exposition: Genesis 41:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:2

Hebrew

וְהִנֵּה מִן־הַיְאֹר עֹלֹת שֶׁבַע פָּרוֹת יְפוֹת מַרְאֶה וּבְרִיאֹת בָּשָׂר וַתִּרְעֶינָה בָּאָֽחוּ׃

vehineh-min-haye'or-'olot-sheva'-farvot-yefvot-mare'eh-vveriy'ot-vashar-vatire'eynah-va'achv

KJV: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

AKJV: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored cows and fat; and they fed in a meadow.

ASV: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

YLT: and lo, from the River coming up are seven kine, of fair appearance, and fat in flesh, and they feed among the reeds;

Exposition: Genesis 41:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:3

Hebrew

וְהִנֵּה שֶׁבַע פָּרוֹת אֲחֵרוֹת עֹלוֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶן מִן־הַיְאֹר רָעוֹת מַרְאֶה וְדַקּוֹת בָּשָׂר וַֽתַּעֲמֹדְנָה אֵצֶל הַפָּרוֹת עַל־שְׂפַת הַיְאֹֽר׃

vehineh-sheva'-farvot-'achervot-'olvot-'achareyhen-min-haye'or-ra'vot-mare'eh-vedaqvot-vashar-vata'amodenah-'etzel-hafarvot-'al-shefat-haye'or

KJV: And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

AKJV: And, behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill favored and skinney; and stood by the other cows on the brink of the river.

ASV: And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

YLT: and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean in flesh, and they stand near the kine on the edge of the River,

Exposition: Genesis 41:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:4

Hebrew

וַתֹּאכַלְנָה הַפָּרוֹת רָעוֹת הַמַּרְאֶה וְדַקֹּת הַבָּשָׂר אֵת שֶׁבַע הַפָּרוֹת יְפֹת הַמַּרְאֶה וְהַבְּרִיאֹת וַיִּיקַץ פַּרְעֹֽה׃

vato'khalenah-hafarvot-ra'vot-hamare'eh-vedaqot-havashar-'et-sheva'-hafarvot-yefot-hamare'eh-vehaveriy'ot-vayiyqatz-fare'oh

KJV: And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

AKJV: And the ill favored and skinney cows did eat up the seven well favored and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.

ASV: And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

YLT: and the kine of bad appearance and lean in flesh eat up the seven kine of fair appearance, and fat--and Pharaoh awaketh.

Exposition: Genesis 41:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:5

Hebrew

וַיִּישָׁן וַֽיַּחֲלֹם שֵׁנִית וְהִנֵּה ׀ שֶׁבַע שִׁבֳּלִים עֹלוֹת בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד בְּרִיאוֹת וְטֹבֽוֹת׃

vayiyshan-vayachalom-sheniyt-vehineh- -sheva'-shivoliym-'olvot-veqaneh-'echad-veriy'vot-vetovvot

KJV: And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

AKJV: And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up on one stalk, rank and good.

ASV: And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

YLT: And he sleepeth, and dreameth a second time, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, fat and good,

Exposition: Genesis 41:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:6

Hebrew

וְהִנֵּה שֶׁבַע שִׁבֳּלִים דַּקּוֹת וּשְׁדוּפֹת קָדִים צֹמְחוֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽן׃

vehineh-sheva'-shivoliym-daqvot-vshedvfot-qadiym-tzomechvot-'achareyhen

KJV: And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

AKJV: And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

ASV: And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

YLT: and lo, seven ears, thin, and blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

Exposition: Genesis 41:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:7

Hebrew

וַתִּבְלַעְנָה הַשִּׁבֳּלִים הַדַּקּוֹת אֵת שֶׁבַע הַֽשִׁבֳּלִים הַבְּרִיאוֹת וְהַמְּלֵאוֹת וַיִּיקַץ פַּרְעֹה וְהִנֵּה חֲלֽוֹם׃

vativela'enah-hashivoliym-hadaqvot-'et-sheva'-hashivoliym-haveriy'vot-vehamele'vot-vayiyqatz-fare'oh-vehineh-chalvom

KJV: And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

AKJV: And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

ASV: And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

YLT: and the thin ears swallow the seven fat and full ears--and Pharaoh awaketh, and lo, a dream.

Exposition: Genesis 41:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:8

Hebrew

וַיְהִי בַבֹּקֶר וַתִּפָּעֶם רוּחוֹ וַיִּשְׁלַח וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־כָּל־חַרְטֻמֵּי מִצְרַיִם וְאֶת־כָּל־חֲכָמֶיהָ וַיְסַפֵּר פַּרְעֹה לָהֶם אֶת־חֲלֹמוֹ וְאֵין־פּוֹתֵר אוֹתָם לְפַרְעֹֽה׃

vayehiy-vavoqer-vatifa'em-rvchvo-vayishelach-vayiqera'-'et-khal-charetumey-mitzerayim-ve'et-khal-chakhameyha-vayesafer-fare'oh-lahem-'et-chalomvo-ve'eyn-fvoter-'votam-lefare'oh

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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. ¶

ASV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Exposition: Genesis 41:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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 inte...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:9

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר שַׂר הַמַּשְׁקִים אֶת־פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר אֶת־חֲטָאַי אֲנִי מַזְכִּיר הַיּֽוֹם׃

vayedaver-shar-hamasheqiym-'et-fare'oh-le'mor-'et-chata'ay-'aniy-mazekhiyr-hayvom

KJV: Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

AKJV: Then spoke the chief butler to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

ASV: Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

YLT: And the chief of the butlers speaketh with Pharaoh, saying, ‘My sin I mention this day:

Exposition: Genesis 41:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:10

Hebrew

פַּרְעֹה קָצַף עַל־עֲבָדָיו וַיִּתֵּן אֹתִי בְּמִשְׁמַר בֵּית שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים אֹתִי וְאֵת שַׂר הָאֹפִֽים׃

fare'oh-qatzaf-'al-'avadayv-vayiten-'otiy-vemishemar-veyt-shar-hatavachiym-'otiy-ve'et-shar-ha'ofiym

KJV: Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:

AKJV: Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:

ASV: Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:

YLT: Pharaoh hath been wroth against his servants, and giveth me into charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, me and the chief of the bakers;

Exposition: Genesis 41:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:11

Hebrew

וַנַּֽחַלְמָה חֲלוֹם בְּלַיְלָה אֶחָד אֲנִי וָהוּא אִישׁ כְּפִתְרוֹן חֲלֹמוֹ חָלָֽמְנוּ׃

vanachalemah-chalvom-velayelah-'echad-'aniy-vahv'-'iysh-khefitervon-chalomvo-chalamenv

KJV: And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

AKJV: And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

ASV: and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

YLT: and we dream a dream in one night, I and he, each according to the interpretation of his dream we have dreamed.

Exposition: Genesis 41:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:12

Hebrew

וְשָׁם אִתָּנוּ נַעַר עִבְרִי עֶבֶד לְשַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים וַנְּסַפֶּר־לוֹ וַיִּפְתָּר־לָנוּ אֶת־חֲלֹמֹתֵינוּ אִישׁ כַּחֲלֹמוֹ פָּתָֽר׃

vesham-'itanv-na'ar-'iveriy-'eved-leshar-hatavachiym-vanesafer-lvo-vayifetar-lanv-'et-chalomoteynv-'iysh-khachalomvo-fatar

KJV: And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

AKJV: And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

ASV: And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

YLT: And there is with us a youth, a Hebrew, servant to the chief of the executioners, and we recount to him, and he interpreteth to us our dreams, to each according to his dream hath he interpreted,

Exposition: Genesis 41:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:13

Hebrew

וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר פָּֽתַר־לָנוּ כֵּן הָיָה אֹתִי הֵשִׁיב עַל־כַּנִּי וְאֹתוֹ תָלָֽה׃

vayehiy-kha'asher-fatar-lanv-khen-hayah-'otiy-heshiyv-'al-khaniy-ve'otvo-talah

KJV: And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

AKJV: And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored to my office, and him he hanged. ¶

ASV: And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

YLT: and it cometh to pass, as he hath interpreted to us so it hath been, me he put back on my station, and him he hanged.'

Exposition: Genesis 41:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:14

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלַח פַּרְעֹה וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־יוֹסֵף וַיְרִיצֻהוּ מִן־הַבּוֹר וַיְגַלַּח וַיְחַלֵּף שִׂמְלֹתָיו וַיָּבֹא אֶל־פַּרְעֹֽה׃

vayishelach-fare'oh-vayiqera'-'et-yvosef-vayeriytzuhv-min-havvor-vayegalach-vayechalef-shimelotayv-vayavo'-'el-fare'oh

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.

AKJV: 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 to Pharaoh.

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.

YLT: And Pharaoh sendeth and calleth Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaveth, and changeth his garments, and cometh in unto Pharaoh.

Exposition: Genesis 41:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:15

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף חֲלוֹם חָלַמְתִּי וּפֹתֵר אֵין אֹתוֹ וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי עָלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר תִּשְׁמַע חֲלוֹם לִפְתֹּר אֹתֽוֹ׃

vayo'mer-fare'oh-'el-yvosef-chalvom-chalametiy-vfoter-'eyn-'otvo-va'aniy-shama'etiy-'aleykha-le'mor-tishema'-chalvom-lifetor-'otvo

KJV: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

AKJV: And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of you, that you can understand a dream to interpret it.

ASV: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.

YLT: And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, ‘A dream I have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it, and I--I have heard concerning thee, saying, Thou understandest a dream to interpret it,’

Exposition: Genesis 41:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:16

Hebrew

וַיַּעַן יוֹסֵף אֶת־פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר בִּלְעָדָי אֱלֹהִים יַעֲנֶה אֶת־שְׁלוֹם פַּרְעֹֽה׃

vaya'an-yvosef-'et-fare'oh-le'mor-vile'aday-'elohiym-ya'aneh-'et-shelvom-fare'oh

KJV: And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

AKJV: And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

ASV: And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

YLT: and Joseph answereth Pharaoh, saying, ‘Without me--God doth answer Pharaoh with peace.’

Exposition: Genesis 41:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:17

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף בַּחֲלֹמִי הִנְנִי עֹמֵד עַל־שְׂפַת הַיְאֹֽר׃

vayedaver-fare'oh-'el-yvosef-vachalomiy-hineniy-'omed-'al-shefat-haye'or

KJV: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

AKJV: And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river:

ASV: And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:

YLT: And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph: ‘In my dream, lo, I am standing by the edge of the River,

Exposition: Genesis 41:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:18

Hebrew

וְהִנֵּה מִן־הַיְאֹר עֹלֹת שֶׁבַע פָּרוֹת בְּרִיאוֹת בָּשָׂר וִיפֹת תֹּאַר וַתִּרְעֶינָה בָּאָֽחוּ׃

vehineh-min-haye'or-'olot-sheva'-farvot-veriy'vot-vashar-viyfot-to'ar-vatire'eynah-va'achv

KJV: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

AKJV: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat and well favored; and they fed in a meadow:

ASV: and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:

YLT: and lo, out of the River coming up are seven kine, fat in flesh, and of fair form, and they feed among the reeds;

Exposition: Genesis 41:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:19

Hebrew

וְהִנֵּה שֶֽׁבַע־פָּרוֹת אֲחֵרוֹת עֹלוֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶן דַּלּוֹת וְרָעוֹת תֹּאַר מְאֹד וְרַקּוֹת בָּשָׂר לֹֽא־רָאִיתִי כָהֵנָּה בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לָרֹֽעַ׃

vehineh-sheva'-farvot-'achervot-'olvot-'achareyhen-dalvot-vera'vot-to'ar-me'od-veraqvot-vashar-lo'-ra'iytiy-khahenah-vekhal-'eretz-mitzerayim-laro'a

KJV: And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

AKJV: And, behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ill favored and skinney, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

ASV: and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

YLT: and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them, thin, and of very bad form, and lean in flesh; I have not seen like these in all the land of Egypt for badness.

Exposition: Genesis 41:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:20

Hebrew

וַתֹּאכַלְנָה הַפָּרוֹת הָרַקּוֹת וְהָרָעוֹת אֵת שֶׁבַע הַפָּרוֹת הָרִאשֹׁנוֹת הַבְּרִיאֹֽת׃

vato'khalenah-hafarvot-haraqvot-vehara'vot-'et-sheva'-hafarvot-hari'shonvot-haveriy'ot

KJV: And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

AKJV: And the lean and the ill favored cows did eat up the first seven fat cows:

ASV: and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

YLT: ‘And the lean and the bad kine eat up the first seven fat kine,

Exposition: Genesis 41:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:21

Hebrew

וַתָּבֹאנָה אֶל־קִרְבֶּנָה וְלֹא נוֹדַע כִּי־בָאוּ אֶל־קִרְבֶּנָה וּמַרְאֵיהֶן רַע כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּתְּחִלָּה וָאִיקָֽץ׃

vatavo'nah-'el-qirevenah-velo'-nvoda'-khiy-va'v-'el-qirevenah-vmare'eyhen-ra'-kha'asher-vatechilah-va'iyqatz

KJV: And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

AKJV: And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

ASV: and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

YLT: and they come in unto their midst, and it hath not been known that they have come in unto their midst, and their appearance is bad as at the commencement; and I awake.

Exposition: Genesis 41:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:22

Hebrew

וָאֵרֶא בַּחֲלֹמִי וְהִנֵּה ׀ שֶׁבַע שִׁבֳּלִים עֹלֹת בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד מְלֵאֹת וְטֹבֽוֹת׃

va'ere'-vachalomiy-vehineh- -sheva'-shivoliym-'olot-veqaneh-'echad-mele'ot-vetovvot

KJV: And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

AKJV: And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

ASV: And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good:

YLT: ‘And I see in my dream, and lo, seven ears are coming up on one stalk, full and good;

Exposition: Genesis 41:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:23

Hebrew

וְהִנֵּה שֶׁבַע שִׁבֳּלִים צְנֻמוֹת דַּקּוֹת שְׁדֻפוֹת קָדִים צֹמְחוֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

vehineh-sheva'-shivoliym-tzenumvot-daqvot-shedufvot-qadiym-tzomechvot-'achareyhem

KJV: And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

AKJV: And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

ASV: and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

YLT: and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, blasted with an east wind, are springing up after them;

Exposition: Genesis 41:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:24

Hebrew

וַתִּבְלַעְןָ הַשִׁבֳּלִים הַדַּקֹּת אֵת שֶׁבַע הַֽשִׁבֳּלִים הַטֹּבוֹת וָֽאֹמַר אֶל־הַֽחַרְטֻמִּים וְאֵין מַגִּיד לִֽי׃

vativela'ena-hashivoliym-hadaqot-'et-sheva'-hashivoliym-hatovvot-va'omar-'el-hacharetumiym-ve'eyn-magiyd-liy

KJV: And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

AKJV: And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this to the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. ¶

ASV: and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

YLT: and the thin ears swallow the seven good ears; and I tell unto the scribes, and there is none declaring to me.'

Exposition: Genesis 41:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:25

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל־פַּרְעֹה חֲלוֹם פַּרְעֹה אֶחָד הוּא אֵת אֲשֶׁר הָאֱלֹהִים עֹשֶׂה הִגִּיד לְפַרְעֹֽה׃

vayo'mer-yvosef-'el-fare'oh-chalvom-fare'oh-'echad-hv'-'et-'asher-ha'elohiym-'osheh-higiyd-lefare'oh

KJV: And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

AKJV: And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God has showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

ASV: And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh.

YLT: And Joseph saith unto Pharaoh, ‘The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he hath declared to Pharaoh;

Exposition: Genesis 41:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:26

Hebrew

שֶׁבַע פָּרֹת הַטֹּבֹת שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הֵנָּה וְשֶׁבַע הַֽשִּׁבֳּלִים הַטֹּבֹת שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הֵנָּה חֲלוֹם אֶחָד הֽוּא׃

sheva'-farot-hatovot-sheva'-shaniym-henah-vesheva'-hashivoliym-hatovot-sheva'-shaniym-henah-chalvom-'echad-hv'

KJV: The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

AKJV: The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

ASV: The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

YLT: the seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one;

Exposition: Genesis 41:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:27

Hebrew

וְשֶׁבַע הַפָּרוֹת הָֽרַקּוֹת וְהָרָעֹת הָעֹלֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים הֵנָּה וְשֶׁבַע הַֽשִׁבֳּלִים הָרֵקוֹת שְׁדֻפוֹת הַקָּדִים יִהְיוּ שֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי רָעָֽב׃

vesheva'-hafarvot-haraqvot-vehara'ot-ha'olot-'achareyhen-sheva'-shaniym-henah-vesheva'-hashivoliym-hareqvot-shedufvot-haqadiym-yiheyv-sheva'-sheney-ra'av

KJV: And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

AKJV: And the seven thin and ill favored cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

ASV: And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.

YLT: and the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;

Exposition: Genesis 41:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:28

Hebrew

הוּא הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי אֶל־פַּרְעֹה אֲשֶׁר הָאֱלֹהִים עֹשֶׂה הֶרְאָה אֶת־פַּרְעֹֽה׃

hv'-hadavar-'asher-divaretiy-'el-fare'oh-'asher-ha'elohiym-'osheh-here'ah-'et-fare'oh

KJV: This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.

AKJV: This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: What God is about to do he shows to Pharaoh.

ASV: That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh.

YLT: this is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: That which God is doing, he hath shewn Pharaoh.

Exposition: Genesis 41:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:29

Hebrew

הִנֵּה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים בָּאוֹת שָׂבָע גָּדוֹל בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

hineh-sheva'-shaniym-va'vot-shava'-gadvol-vekhal-'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

AKJV: Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

ASV: Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

YLT: ‘Lo, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,

Exposition: Genesis 41:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:30

Hebrew

וְקָמוּ שֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי רָעָב אַחֲרֵיהֶן וְנִשְׁכַּח כָּל־הַשָּׂבָע בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְכִלָּה הָרָעָב אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

veqamv-sheva'-sheney-ra'av-'achareyhen-venishekhach-khal-hashava'-ve'eretz-mitzerayim-vekhilah-hara'av-'et-ha'aretz

KJV: And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

AKJV: And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

ASV: and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

YLT: and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine hath finished the land,

Exposition: Genesis 41:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:31

Hebrew

וְלֹֽא־יִוָּדַע הַשָּׂבָע בָּאָרֶץ מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָב הַהוּא אַחֲרֵי־כֵן כִּֽי־כָבֵד הוּא מְאֹֽד׃

velo'-yivada'-hashava'-va'aretz-mifeney-hara'av-hahv'-'acharey-khen-khiy-khaved-hv'-me'od

KJV: And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

AKJV: And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.

ASV: and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.

YLT: and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterwards, for it is very grievous.

Exposition: Genesis 41:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:32

Hebrew

וְעַל הִשָּׁנוֹת הַחֲלוֹם אֶל־פַּרְעֹה פַּעֲמָיִם כִּֽי־נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר מֵעִם הָאֱלֹהִים וּמְמַהֵר הָאֱלֹהִים לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃

ve'al-hishanvot-hachalvom-'el-fare'oh-fa'amayim-khiy-nakhvon-hadavar-me'im-ha'elohiym-vmemaher-ha'elohiym-la'ashotvo

KJV: And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

AKJV: And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

ASV: And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

YLT: ‘And because of the repeating of the dream unto Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hastening to do it.

Exposition: Genesis 41:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:33

Hebrew

וְעַתָּה יֵרֶא פַרְעֹה אִישׁ נָבוֹן וְחָכָם וִישִׁיתֵהוּ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

ve'atah-yere'-fare'oh-'iysh-navvon-vechakham-viyshiytehv-'al-'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

AKJV: Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

ASV: Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

YLT: ‘And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;

Exposition: Genesis 41:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:34

Hebrew

יַעֲשֶׂה פַרְעֹה וְיַפְקֵד פְּקִדִים עַל־הָאָרֶץ וְחִמֵּשׁ אֶת־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בְּשֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הַשָּׂבָֽע׃

ya'asheh-fare'oh-veyafeqed-feqidiym-'al-ha'aretz-vechimesh-'et-'eretz-mitzerayim-vesheva'-sheney-hashava'

KJV: Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

AKJV: Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

ASV: Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

YLT: let Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, and receive a fifth of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty,

Exposition: Genesis 41:34 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:35

Hebrew

וְיִקְבְּצוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֹכֶל הַשָּׁנִים הַטֹּבֹת הַבָּאֹת הָאֵלֶּה וְיִצְבְּרוּ־בָר תַּחַת יַד־פַּרְעֹה אֹכֶל בֶּעָרִים וְשָׁמָֽרוּ׃

veyiqevetzv-'et-khal-'okhel-hashaniym-hatovot-hava'ot-ha'eleh-veyitzeverv-var-tachat-yad-fare'oh-'okhel-ve'ariym-veshamarv

KJV: And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

AKJV: And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.

ASV: And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

YLT: and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh--food in the cities; and they have kept it ,

Exposition: Genesis 41:35 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:36

Hebrew

וְהָיָה הָאֹכֶל לְפִקָּדוֹן לָאָרֶץ לְשֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הָרָעָב אֲשֶׁר תִּהְיֶיןָ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְלֹֽא־תִכָּרֵת הָאָרֶץ בָּרָעָֽב׃

vehayah-ha'okhel-lefiqadvon-la'aretz-lesheva'-sheney-hara'av-'asher-tiheyeyna-ve'eretz-mitzerayim-velo'-tikharet-ha'aretz-vara'av

KJV: And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

AKJV: And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. ¶

ASV: And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.

YLT: and the food hath been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.'

Exposition: Genesis 41:36 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:37

Hebrew

וַיִּיטַב הַדָּבָר בְּעֵינֵי פַרְעֹה וּבְעֵינֵי כָּל־עֲבָדָֽיו׃

vayiytav-hadavar-ve'eyney-fare'oh-vve'eyney-khal-'avadayv

KJV: And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

AKJV: And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

ASV: And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

YLT: And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,

Exposition: Genesis 41:37 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:38

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־עֲבָדָיו הֲנִמְצָא כָזֶה אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים בּֽוֹ׃

vayo'mer-fare'oh-'el-'avadayv-hanimetza'-khazeh-'iysh-'asher-rvcha-'elohiym-vvo

KJV: And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

AKJV: And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

ASV: And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?

YLT: and Pharaoh saith unto his servants, ‘Do we find like this, a man in whom the spirit of God is ?’

Exposition: Genesis 41:38 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:39

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף אַחֲרֵי הוֹדִיעַ אֱלֹהִים אוֹתְךָ אֶת־כָּל־זֹאת אֵין־נָבוֹן וְחָכָם כָּמֽוֹךָ׃

vayo'mer-fare'oh-'el-yvosef-'acharey-hvodiy'a-'elohiym-'votekha-'et-khal-zo't-'eyn-navvon-vechakham-khamvokha

KJV: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

AKJV: And Pharaoh said to Joseph, For as much as God has showed you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you are:

ASV: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:

YLT: and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, ‘After God's causing thee to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as thou;

Exposition: Genesis 41:39 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:40

Hebrew

אַתָּה תִּהְיֶה עַל־בֵּיתִי וְעַל־פִּיךָ יִשַּׁק כָּל־עַמִּי רַק הַכִּסֵּא אֶגְדַּל מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

'atah-tiheyeh-'al-veytiy-ve'al-fiykha-yishaq-khal-'amiy-raq-hakhise'-'egedal-mimekha

KJV: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

AKJV: You shall be over my house, and according to your word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than you.

ASV: thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

YLT: thou--thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.'

Exposition: Genesis 41:40 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:41

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף רְאֵה נָתַתִּי אֹֽתְךָ עַל כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

vayo'mer-fare'oh-'el-yvosef-re'eh-natatiy-'otekha-'al-khal-'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

AKJV: And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.

ASV: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

YLT: And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, ‘See, I have put thee over all the land of Egypt.’

Exposition: Genesis 41:41 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:42

Hebrew

וַיָּסַר פַּרְעֹה אֶת־טַבַּעְתּוֹ מֵעַל יָדוֹ וַיִּתֵּן אֹתָהּ עַל־יַד יוֹסֵף וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ בִּגְדֵי־שֵׁשׁ וַיָּשֶׂם רְבִד הַזָּהָב עַל־צַוָּארֽוֹ׃

vayasar-fare'oh-'et-tava'etvo-me'al-yadvo-vayiten-'otah-'al-yad-yvosef-vayalevesh-'otvo-vigedey-shesh-vayashem-revid-hazahav-'al-tzava'rvo

KJV: And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

AKJV: And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in clothing of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

ASV: And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

YLT: And Pharaoh turneth aside his seal-ring from off his hand, and putteth it on the hand of Joseph, and clotheth him with garments of fine linen, and placeth a chain of gold on his neck,

Exposition: Genesis 41:42 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:43

Hebrew

וַיַּרְכֵּב אֹתוֹ בְּמִרְכֶּבֶת הַמִּשְׁנֶה אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וַיִּקְרְאוּ לְפָנָיו אַבְרֵךְ וְנָתוֹן אֹתוֹ עַל כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

vayarekhev-'otvo-vemirekhevet-hamisheneh-'asher-lvo-vayiqere'v-lefanayv-'averekhe-venatvon-'otvo-'al-khal-'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

AKJV: And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

ASV: and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt.

YLT: and causeth him to ride in the second chariot which he hath, and they proclaim before him, ‘Bow the knee!' and--to put him over all the land of Egypt.

Exposition: Genesis 41:43 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:44

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה אֶל־יוֹסֵף אֲנִי פַרְעֹה וּבִלְעָדֶיךָ לֹֽא־יָרִים אִישׁ אֶת־יָדוֹ וְאֶת־רַגְלוֹ בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

vayo'mer-fare'oh-'el-yvosef-'aniy-fare'oh-vvile'adeykha-lo'-yariym-'iysh-'et-yadvo-ve'et-ragelvo-vekhal-'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

AKJV: And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

ASV: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.

YLT: And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, ‘I am Pharaoh, and without thee a man doth not lift up his hand and his foot in all the land of Egypt;’

Exposition: Genesis 41:44 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:45

Hebrew

וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם־יוֹסֵף צָֽפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ וַיִּתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־אָֽסְנַת בַּת־פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן לְאִשָּׁה וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

vayiqera'-fare'oh-shem-yvosef-tzafenat-fa'enecha-vayiten-lvo-'et-'asenat-vat-fvotiy-fera'-khohen-'on-le'ishah-vayetze'-yvosef-'al-'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath–paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

AKJV: And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

ASV: And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

YLT: and Pharaoh calleth Joseph's name Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he giveth to him Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, for a wife, and Joseph goeth out over the land of Egypt.

Exposition: Genesis 41:45 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath–paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:46

Hebrew

וְיוֹסֵף בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה בְּעָמְדוֹ לִפְנֵי פַּרְעֹה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָיִם וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף מִלִּפְנֵי פַרְעֹה וַֽיַּעְבֹר בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

veyvosef-ven-sheloshiym-shanah-ve'amedvo-lifeney-fare'oh-melekhe-mitzerayim-vayetze'-yvosef-milifeney-fare'oh-vaya'evor-vekhal-'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

AKJV: And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

ASV: And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

YLT: And Joseph is a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goeth out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passeth over through all the land of Egypt;

Exposition: Genesis 41:46 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:47

Hebrew

וַתַּעַשׂ הָאָרֶץ בְּשֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הַשָּׂבָע לִקְמָצִֽים׃

vata'ash-ha'aretz-vesheva'-sheney-hashava'-liqematziym

KJV: And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

AKJV: And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

ASV: And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.

YLT: and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.

Exposition: Genesis 41:47 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:48

Hebrew

וַיִּקְבֹּץ אֶת־כָּל־אֹכֶל ׀ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַיִּתֶּן־אֹכֶל בֶּעָרִים אֹכֶל שְׂדֵה־הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹתֶיהָ נָתַן בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃

vayiqevotz-'et-khal-'okhel- -sheva'-shaniym-'asher-hayv-ve'eretz-mitzerayim-vayiten-'okhel-ve'ariym-'okhel-shedeh-ha'iyr-'asher-seviyvoteyha-natan-vetvokhah

KJV: And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

AKJV: And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

ASV: And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.

YLT: And he gathereth all the food of the seven years which have been in the land of Egypt, and putteth food in the cities; the food of the field which is round about each city hath he put in its midst;

Exposition: Genesis 41:48 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:49

Hebrew

וַיִּצְבֹּר יוֹסֵף בָּר כְּחוֹל הַיָּם הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד עַד כִּי־חָדַל לִסְפֹּר כִּי־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃

vayitzevor-yvosef-var-khechvol-hayam-hareveh-me'od-'ad-khiy-chadal-lisefor-khiy-'eyn-misefar

KJV: And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

AKJV: And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

ASV: And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.

YLT: and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.

Exposition: Genesis 41:49 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:50

Hebrew

וּלְיוֹסֵף יֻלַּד שְׁנֵי בָנִים בְּטֶרֶם תָּבוֹא שְׁנַת הָרָעָב אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ אָֽסְנַת בַּת־פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֽוֹן׃

vleyvosef-yulad-sheney-vaniym-veterem-tavvo'-shenat-hara'av-'asher-yaledah-lvo-'asenat-vat-fvotiy-fera'-khohen-'von

KJV: And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.

AKJV: And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bore to him.

ASV: And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him.

YLT: And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine cometh, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him,

Exposition: Genesis 41:50 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:51

Hebrew

וַיִּקְרָא יוֹסֵף אֶת־שֵׁם הַבְּכוֹר מְנַשֶּׁה כִּֽי־נַשַּׁנִי אֱלֹהִים אֶת־כָּל־עֲמָלִי וְאֵת כָּל־בֵּית אָבִֽי׃

vayiqera'-yvosef-'et-shem-havekhvor-menasheh-khiy-nashaniy-'elohiym-'et-khal-'amaliy-ve'et-khal-veyt-'aviy

KJV: And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

AKJV: And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

ASV: And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

YLT: and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: ‘for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;’

Exposition: Genesis 41:51 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:52

Hebrew

וְאֵת שֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִי קָרָא אֶפְרָיִם כִּֽי־הִפְרַנִי אֱלֹהִים בְּאֶרֶץ עָנְיִֽי׃

ve'et-shem-hasheniy-qara'-'eferayim-khiy-hiferaniy-'elohiym-ve'eretz-'aneyiy

KJV: And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

AKJV: And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. ¶

ASV: And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.

YLT: and the name of the second he hath called Ephraim: ‘for, God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of mine affliction.’

Exposition: Genesis 41:52 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:53

Hebrew

וַתִּכְלֶינָה שֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הַשָּׂבָע אֲשֶׁר הָיָה בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

vatikheleynah-sheva'-sheney-hashava'-'asher-hayah-ve'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

AKJV: And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

ASV: And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

YLT: And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,

Exposition: Genesis 41:53 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:54

Hebrew

וַתְּחִלֶּינָה שֶׁבַע שְׁנֵי הָרָעָב לָבוֹא כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַר יוֹסֵף וַיְהִי רָעָב בְּכָל־הָאֲרָצוֹת וּבְכָל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם הָיָה לָֽחֶם׃

vatechileynah-sheva'-sheney-hara'av-lavvo'-kha'asher-'amar-yvosef-vayehiy-ra'av-vekhal-ha'aratzvot-vvekhal-'eretz-mitzerayim-hayah-lachem

KJV: And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

AKJV: And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

ASV: And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

YLT: and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;

Exposition: Genesis 41:54 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:55

Hebrew

וַתִּרְעַב כָּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַיִּצְעַק הָעָם אֶל־פַּרְעֹה לַלָּחֶם וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה לְכָל־מִצְרַיִם לְכוּ אֶל־יוֹסֵף אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמַר לָכֶם תַּעֲשֽׂוּ׃

vatire'av-khal-'eretz-mitzerayim-vayitze'aq-ha'am-'el-fare'oh-lalachem-vayo'mer-fare'oh-lekhal-mitzerayim-lekhv-'el-yvosef-'asher-yo'mar-lakhem-ta'ashv

KJV: And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

AKJV: And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do.

ASV: And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

YLT: and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people crieth unto Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh saith to all the Egyptians, ‘Go unto Joseph; that which he saith to you--do.’

Exposition: Genesis 41:55 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:56

Hebrew

וְהָרָעָב הָיָה עַל כָּל־פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ וַיִּפְתַּח יוֹסֵף אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בָּהֶם וַיִּשְׁבֹּר לְמִצְרַיִם וַיֶּחֱזַק הָֽרָעָב בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

vehara'av-hayah-'al-khal-feney-ha'aretz-vayifetach-yvosef-'et-khal-'asher-vahem-vayishevor-lemitzerayim-vayechezaq-hara'av-ve'eretz-mitzerayim

KJV: And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

AKJV: And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

ASV: And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.

YLT: And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph openeth all places which have corn in them, and selleth to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,

Exposition: Genesis 41:56 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Genesis 41:57

Hebrew

וְכָל־הָאָרֶץ בָּאוּ מִצְרַיְמָה לִשְׁבֹּר אֶל־יוֹסֵף כִּֽי־חָזַק הָרָעָב בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

vekhal-ha'aretz-va'v-mitzerayemah-lishevor-'el-yvosef-khiy-chazaq-hara'av-vekhal-ha'aretz

KJV: And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

AKJV: And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

ASV: And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.

YLT: and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

Exposition: Genesis 41:57 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.