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7 And the seven thin heads devoured the seven plump and full heads. So Pharaoh awoke, and indeed, it was a dream.
8 Now it came to pass in the morning athat his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all bthe magicians of Egypt and all its cwise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.  
9 Then the achief butler spoke to Pharaoh, saying: “I remember my faults this day.  
10 When Pharaoh was aangry with his servants, band put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker,  
11 awe each had a dream in one night, he and I. Each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.  
12 Now there was a young aHebrew man with us there, a bservant of the captain of the guard. And we told him, and he cinterpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his own dream.  
13 And it came to pass, just aas he interpreted for us, so it happened. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”  
14 aThen Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they bbrought him quickly cout of the dungeon; and he shaved, dchanged his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.  
15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. aBut I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.”  
16 So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, a“It is not in me; bGod will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Genesis 41:9

I do remember my faults - It is not possible he could have forgotten the circumstance to which he here alludes; it was too intimately connected with all that was dear to him, to permit him ever to forget it. But it was not convenient for him to remember this before; and probably he would not have remembered it now, had he not seen, that giving this information in such a case was likely to serve his own interest. We are justified in thinking evil of this man because of his scandalous neglect of a person who foretold the rescue of his life from imminent destruction, and who, being unjustly confined, prayed to have his case fairly represented to the king that justice might be done him; but this courtier, though then in the same circumstances himself, found it convenient to forget the poor, friendless Hebrew slave!




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