And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
The Lord gave Pharaoh the remarkable dreams after Joseph had remained two years longer in gloomy prison. They were two dreams in one night, and this verse belongs to the second dream, with both dreams pointing to the same event and foreshadowing some great calamity. What Pharaoh saw was seven ears come up in one stalk, full and good, and afterward seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, springing up after them, and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears.
In the morning Pharaoh was troubled because he could not understand or determine the significance of the dreams. Though he related them to the magicians and wise men of Egypt, who had a reputation for solving difficulties, none could declare the meaning or explain them despite all their magic and boasted wisdom. His perplexity and distress increased. Terror over the unexplained dream spread throughout his palace.
The failure of the wise men brought Joseph to the chief butler's mind with conviction of forgetfulness and ingratitude, so he confessed his faults and told Pharaoh of Joseph's true interpretations of his own dream and the chief baker's dream. Humiliated to turn away from his learned and wise men to a Hebrew servant and slave for relief of his troubled mind, Pharaoh sent and had Joseph brought hastily out of the dungeon. Joseph disclaimed all superior wisdom in himself, declaring that God alone would give Pharaoh an answer of peace, and Pharaoh then told him the dream.
The Lord gave Pharaoh the remarkable dreams after Joseph had remained two years longer in gloomy prison. They were two dreams in one night, and this verse belongs to the second dream, with both dreams pointing to the same event and foreshadowing some great calamity. What Pharaoh saw was seven ears come up in one stalk, full and good, and afterward seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, springing up after them, and the thin ears devoured the seven good ears.
In the morning Pharaoh was troubled because he could not understand or determine the significance of the dreams. Though he related them to the magicians and wise men of Egypt, who had a reputation for solving difficulties, none could declare the meaning or explain them despite all their magic and boasted wisdom. His perplexity and distress increased. Terror over the unexplained dream spread throughout his palace.
The failure of the wise men brought Joseph to the chief butler's mind with conviction of forgetfulness and ingratitude, so he confessed his faults and told Pharaoh of Joseph's true interpretations of his own dream and the chief baker's dream. Humiliated to turn away from his learned and wise men to a Hebrew servant and slave for relief of his troubled mind, Pharaoh sent and had Joseph brought hastily out of the dungeon. Joseph disclaimed all superior wisdom in himself, declaring that God alone would give Pharaoh an answer of peace, and Pharaoh then told him the dream.