411 Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream , and behold , he was standing by the Nile . 2 And lo , from the Nile there came up seven cows , sleek and fat ; and they grazed in the marsh grass . 3 Then behold , seven other cows came up after them from the Nile , ugly and gaunt e , and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 41:1-3
Commentary on Genesis 41:1-8
(Read Genesis 41:1-8)
The means of Joseph's being freed from prison were Pharaoh's dreams, as here related. Now that God no longer speaks to us in that way, it is no matter how little we either heed dreams, or tell them. The telling of foolish dreams can make no better than foolish talk. But these dreams showed that they were sent of God; when he awoke, Pharaoh's spirit was troubled.