창세기 41:8 해설: Tze'enah Ure'enah, Rashi, Chizkuni & Da'at Zekenim

“His spirit was agitated” [41:8]. In the morning Pharaoh was very frightened. His soul was very agitated.⁶Rashi, Genesis, 41:8. Bahya writes. Why did Pharaoh not forget the dream and Nebuchadnezzar did forget the dream? The explanation is that if Pharaoh had forgotten the dream and had asked the wise men that they should tell him the dream and its meaning, then the chief cupbearer would not have brought Joseph out of the prison. He thought that Joseph would not know to tell someone what they had dreamed, but Joseph knew how to explain a dream that one placed before him. Therefore, the Holy One caused that Pharaoh did not forget the dream. However, Nebuchadnezzar did not tell the dream. He thought to himself. If I were to tell the dream, then many wise men would come and explain what is meant, but I will not know which is telling the truth. Therefore, I will not tell the dream. Whichever wise man will come and tell me what I dreamed, he will also be able to explain the dream.⁷Bahya, Genesis, 41:8. So write Hizkuni, Toldot Yizhak, and Imre Noam.⁸Hizkuni, Genesis, 41:8; Toldot Yizhak, Genesis, 41:10–12; Imre Noam, Genesis, 41: 8.

Toldot Yizhak and Imre Noam give another explanation. Nebuchadnezzar’s dream was about what would happen after many thousands of years. Therefore, Daniel should have explained the dream, that the dream shows what would happen after many long years, thus Nebuchadnezzar did not believe in it. Nebuchadnezzar had said, who tells me that what Daniel says is true. However, since Daniel told him the dream that Nebuchadnezzar had dreamed, the king Nebuchadnezzar was amazed that Daniel knew the dream and believed how he had interpreted the dream. However, here with Pharaoh, the dream was what would happen in the immediate future. Thus, they could soon see that Joseph was correct about what he said concerning the dream. Therefore, Pharaoh did not forget the dream.⁹Toldot Yizhak, Genesis, 41:10–12; Imre Noam, Genesis, 41: 8.

Toldot Yizhak asks another question. Why did Pharaoh not kill the wise men who could not explain the dream? Nebuchadnezzar had asked his wise men that they should tell him what he had dreamed. This is hard to know and they did not tell him and he had them all killed. The explanation is that Nebuchadnezzar’s wise men advised him to kill the priests and destroy the Temple. If the priests had been alive, they could have explained the dream through the Urim veTumim. Nebuchadnezzar said: because you caused the priests to be killed, therefore tell me what the dream means and if you do not tell me, I will kill you all.¹⁰Toldot Yizhak, Genesis, 41:10 –12.

ותפעם רוחו HIS SPIRIT WAS TROUBLED — The Targum renders it by “his spirit was agitated” (beaten upon) — it rang within like a bell (פעמון). With regard to Nebuchadnezzar it states (Daniel 2:1) ותתפעם רוחו (the verb in the Hithpael, thus having a double ת), because in that case there were two reasons for perturbation — his forgetting the dream and his ignorance of its interpretation (Genesis Rabbah 89:5).