Genesis 41:8

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Genesis 41:8

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Summary

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.

His spirit

Habakkuk 3:16

The magicians of egypt

The wise men

Matthew 2:1

Acts 7:22

But there

General references

Daniel 2:2

Bible References

His spirit

When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they looked distraught.

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.

I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

his face turned pale, and his thoughts so terrified him that his hip joints shook and his knees knocked together.

“This is the end of the interpretation. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts terrified me greatly, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter to myself.”

I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was greatly disturbed by the vision and could not understand it.

I heard, and I trembled within;
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress
to come against the people invading us.

The magicians of egypt

But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers—the magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same thing by their occult practices.

But the magicians did the same thing by their occult practices and brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.

“Do not turn to mediums

or consult spiritists,

or you will be defiled by them; I am Yahweh your God.

“Whoever turns to mediums

or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people.

“When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations.

When they say to you, “Consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it,
and I will frustrate its plans.
Then they will seek idols, ghosts,
spirits of the dead, and spiritists.

therefore I will again confound these people
with wonder after wonder.
The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,
and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.

So take your stand with your spells
and your many sorceries,
which you have wearied yourself with from your youth.
Perhaps you will be able to succeed;
perhaps you will inspire terror!

In every matter of wisdom and understanding that the king consulted them about, he found them 10 times

better than all the diviner-priests and mediums in his entire kingdom.

So the king gave orders to summon the diviner-priests, mediums, sorcerers, and Chaldeans

to tell the king his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,

When the diviner-priests, mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.

The king called out to bring in the mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers. He said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and gives me its interpretation will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain around his neck, and have the third highest position in the kingdom.”

Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”

Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.

The wise men

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived unexpectedly in Jerusalem,

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.

But there

“We had dreams,” they said to him, “but there is no one to interpret them.”

Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
so that they achieve no success.

The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear Him,
and He reveals His covenant to them.

The princes of Zoan are complete fools;
Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the wise,
a student of eastern kings”?

therefore I will again confound these people
with wonder after wonder.
The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,
and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.

The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic

begins here): “May the king live forever. Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

So all the king’s wise men came in, but none could read the inscription or make its interpretation known to him.

For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.

No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.

General references

So the king gave orders to summon the diviner-priests, mediums, sorcerers, and Chaldeans

to tell the king his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,