Passage Research
Genesis 41 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Genesis 41, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 41 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פַּרְעֹה | Parʻôh | H6547 | 34 | Paroh |
| שֶׁבַע | shebaʻ | H7651 | 28 | seven, full |
| יוֹסֵף | Yôwçêph | H3130 | 20 | Joseph |
| מִצְרַיִם | Mitsrayim | H4714 | 19 | Mitsrajim |
| חֲלוֹם | chălôwm | H2472 | 13 | dream |
| פָּרָה | pârâh | H6509 | 12 | heifer |
| שִׁבֹּל | shibbôl | H7641 | 10 | stream, ear of grain |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 41, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“God's time for the enlargement of his people is the fittest time. If the chief butler had got Joseph to be released from prison, it is probable he would have gone back to the land of the Hebrews. Then he had neither been so blessed himself, nor such a blessing to his family, as afterwards he proved. Joseph, when introduced to Pharaoh, gives honour to God. Pharaoh had dreamed that he stood upon the bank of the river Nile, and saw the kine, both the fat ones, and the lean ones, come out of the river. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 41:9–32 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Nile — Gen 41:1
- Egypt — Gen 41:19
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