Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 41:32
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.
32. doubled twice ] This is a literal rendering. The repetition of the dream shewed emphatically that the thing was “established,” i.e. made fixed and sure, by the decree of God. Cf. Psa 93:2, “Thy throne is established”; Hos 6:3, “sure as the morning.”
will shortly bring it to pass ] Lit. “hasteneth to do it.” Hence there is urgent need to take measures in good time to meet the crisis which is bound to come.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice,…. Or was repeated to him under different figures and images:
[it is] because the thing [is] established by God; by a firm decree of his, and is sure, and will most certainly be accomplished; of which Pharaoh might be assured, and to assure him of it was the repetition of the dream made:
and God will shortly bring it to pass: or “make haste to do it” o, that is, would soon begin to accomplish these events; for, as Bishop Usher p observes, from the harvest of this (the then present) year, the seven years of plenty are reckoned.
o – “festinans Deus ad faciendum”, Montanus; “accelerat facere”, Drusius; “festinat facere”, Piscator. p Annal. Ver. Test. p. 15.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
32. And for that the dream was doubled. Joseph does not mean to say, that what God may have declared but once, is mutable: but he would prevent Pharaoh’s confidence respecting the event revealed, from being shaken. For since God pronounces nothing but from his own fixed and steadfast purpose, it is enough that he should have spoken once. But our dullness and inconstancy cause him to repeat the same thing the more frequently, in order that what he has certainly decreed, may be fixed in our hearts; otherwise, as our disposition is variable, so, what we have once heard from his mouth, is tossed up and down by us, until it entirely escapes our memory. Moreover, Joseph not only commemorates the stability of the heavenly decree, but also declares that what God has determined to do, is near at hand, lest Pharaoh himself should slumber in the confident expectation of longer delay. For though we confess that the judgments of God are always hanging over our heads, yet unless we are stimulated by the thought of their speedy approach, we are but slightly affected with anxiety and fear respecting them.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
32. The dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice Here is incidentally given a principle of interpretation which may be profitable in the interpretation of prophecy . As God repeated the dream to Pharaoh under different symbols, so he gave through his prophets under various symbols the ideas of things that were future . So Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and Daniel’s vision of the beasts (Daniel 2, 7) were one . So, doubtless, in the Apocalypse, many of the symbols, which have been explained as chronological and consecutive, are but different foreshadowings of the same thing. The repetition is but to show that the thing is established by God, and at the same time to deepen and intensify the impression.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Gen 41:32. And for that the dream was doubled, &c. We may remark here, 1st, That Joseph informs Pharaoh his dream was doubled, both for the fuller confirmation of the certainty, and the speedy execution of the event foretold: 2ndly, and which is the most essential, Both here, and in the foregoing discourse, Gen 41:25; Gen 41:28. he directs Pharaoh to look upon God as the Author of these events; for such fertility, and such famine, did not proceed from mere natural causes, but from the Providence of that All-wise Being, who presides over and directs the springs of nature’s operations. The natural cause of plenty, and famine, in AEgypt, is ascribed to the Nile; for when that river, in its annual overflowings, rises only twelve cubits, a famine ensues; when thirteen, great scarcity; when fourteen, they have a good year; when fifteen, a very good; and, if it rises to sixteen cubits, they have luxuriant plenty. See Pliny, lib. 5: cap. 9. Now that this river should overflow so largely for seven years together, as to make vast plenty; and then, for the next seven years, not overflow its banks at all, or so little, as to make a long and grievous famine, could be ascribed to nothing but an extraordinary interposition of Providence. We may add, that such an event, lying out of the common course of nature; could only be foretold by supernatural assistance.
REFLECTIONS.Pharaoh relates, and Joseph interprets to his full satisfaction. The dreams are one, to confirm the certainty of their fulfilment. They predict seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine which should succeed them, famine so severe as should consume the whole produce of the former years. Note; 1. The greatest plenty is often succeeded by the greatest penury; careful economy therefore is wise and prudent. 2. All our worldly comforts are like the abundance of AEgypt; the evil days come, when we shall no longer have pleasure in them. How solicitous should we then be to secure a more enduring portion. 3. What God hath decreed, will shortly come to pass; for time is swift, and death and eternity near, even at the door.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Gen 41:32 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.
Ver. 32. The dream was doubled. ] See Trapp on “ Gen 41:25 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
doubled. To denote its establishment by God. Compare Isa 40:2; Isa 61:7. Jer 16:18; Jer 17:18. Zec 9:12. Rev 18:6.
twice. Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6) = “[and sent] twice. “
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doubled: Gen 37:7, Gen 37:9, Job 33:14, Job 33:15, 2Co 13:1
it is because: Num 23:19, Isa 14:24-27, Isa 46:10, Isa 46:11, Mat 24:35
established by: or, prepared of, Isa 30:33, Mat 25:34, Mat 25:41, Mar 10:40, 1Co 2:9, Rev 9:15
Reciprocal: 2Ki 8:1 – the Lord Jer 1:13 – the second time Dan 2:45 – the great Dan 10:1 – and the Act 10:16 – thrice Rev 22:6 – which