Commentary for Genesis 41:28
ה֣וּא הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים עֹשֶׂ֖ה הֶרְאָ֥ה אֶת־פַּרְעֹֽה׃
That is the thing which I spoke unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do He hath shown unto Pharaoh.
Sforno on Genesis
הוא הדבר, it is the forthcoming famine which I described as the advance information given by G’d to Pharaoh in order to ward off the danger that the famine would destroy Egypt.
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Radak on Genesis
הקדים as if the Torah had written קדמאה, “the one previously mentioned in verse 25.” הגיד, “He showed Pharaoh in his dream,” instead of spelling it out to him.
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Sforno on Genesis
הראה את פרעה, the years of plenty, to give you an idea of how to save your people from the devastating effects of the famine.
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