창세기 41:25 해설: Tze'enah Ure'enah, Chizkuni, Rashbam & Sforno

“Pharaoh’s dreams are one and the same” [41:25]. Joseph responded. Do not think, Pharaoh, because you saw seven cows in the dream and later saw seven ears that these are two different things, but it is one dream. The Holy One who is showing you that there will first be seven years of much grain. There were the seven good cows and the good ears, and the seven bad cows and seven bad ears mean that there will be seven years of great hunger. Therefore, the dream was repeated twice, once it was cows and once ears. This shows that the Holy One will soon bring satiety and hunger.

Hizkuni asks a question here. Joseph also had two dreams, one after another, about his brothers and they were not fulfilled immediately. The explanation is that with Pharaoh there were two dreams in one night. Therefore, they were fulfilled quickly. However, Joseph’s dreams did not occur in one night.²¹Hizkuni, Genesis, 41:32.

את אשר אלוקים עושה, “that which G-d is about to do etc.;” what He wishes to do in His world He has revealed to Pharaoh, seeing that he is a king and has been charged with looking after his people, He has provided him with a means to do his duty.