Genesis 41:32 “Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the…”

Genesis 41:32

Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And therefore the dreame was doubled vnto Pharaoh the second time, because the thing is established by God, and God hasteth to performe it.

Darby Translation

And as regards the double repetition of the dream to Pharaoh, it is that the thing is established by God, and God will hasten to do it.

Young's Literal Translation

'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.

Bible in Basic English

And this dream came to Pharaoh twice, because this thing is certain, and God will quickly make it come about.

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Cross references

“doubled”

2 Corinthians 13:1 Genesis 37:7 Genesis 37:9 Job 33:14 Job 33:15

2 Corinthians 13:1 · BSB

This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

Genesis 37:7 · BSB

We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”

Genesis 37:9 · BSB

Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

Job 33:14 · BSB

For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

Job 33:15 · BSB

In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

“it is because”

Numbers 23:19 Isaiah 14:24–27 Matthew 24:35 Isaiah 46:10 Isaiah 46:11

Numbers 23:19 · BSB

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Isaiah 14:24–27 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

Matthew 24:35 · BSB

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Isaiah 46:10 · BSB

I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

Isaiah 46:11 · BSB

I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.

“established by”

Isaiah 30:33 Matthew 25:34 Matthew 25:41 Mark 10:40 1 Corinthians 2:9 Revelation 9:15

Isaiah 30:33 · BSB

For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

Matthew 25:34 · BSB

Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 25:41 · BSB

Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Mark 10:40 · BSB

But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”

1 Corinthians 2:9 · BSB

Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

Revelation 9:15 · BSB

So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.

33Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.

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