Genesis 41

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Genesis 41 is the biblical chapter that recounts Pharaoh’s dreams, Joseph’s rise from prison to become Egypt’s chief administrator, and the preparation for seven years of famine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical chapter ⓘ
Chapter of the Book of Genesis ⓘ
containsEvent Appointment of Joseph as second-in-command to Pharaoh ⓘ
linked to: Pharaoh

Beginning of seven years of abundance in Egypt ⓘ
Beginning of seven years of famine ⓘ
Birth of Ephraim ⓘ
Birth of Manasseh ⓘ
Institution of a grain storage policy during years of plenty ⓘ
Joseph’s elevation to high office in Egypt ⓘ
Joseph’s interpretation of Pharaoh’s dreams ⓘ
Joseph’s release from prison ⓘ
Pharaoh’s double dream about cows and ears of grain ⓘ
depictsRoleOfJoseph Administrator over Egypt ⓘ
Interpreter of dreams ⓘ
featuresCharacter Asenath ⓘ
Joseph ⓘ
Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ
Pharaoh’s baker ⓘ
Pharaoh’s cupbearer ⓘ
Pharaoh’s officials ⓘ
Potiphera ⓘ
featuresDeity God ⓘ
followedBy Genesis 42 ⓘ
follows Genesis 40 ⓘ
hasTheme Divine providence ⓘ
Dream interpretation ⓘ
Preparation for crisis ⓘ
Reversal of fortune ⓘ
Wisdom in administration ⓘ
literaryGenre Narrative ⓘ
locatedInCanon Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Five Books of Moses
mentionsPlace Cities of storage ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile

Pharaoh’s palace ⓘ
Prison in Egypt ⓘ
partOf Book of Genesis ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
primaryLanguage Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
recordsMarriage Joseph’s marriage to Asenath ⓘ
recordsOathOrStatement Joseph’s assertion that interpretations belong to God ⓘ
recordsParentage Asenath as daughter of Potiphera, priest of On ⓘ
recordsTitleGivenToJoseph Zaphenath-paneah ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islamic biblical tradition (as parallel to Qur’anic Joseph narrative) ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ

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The Seven Years of Famine in Egypt → depictsEvent → seven years of plenty and seven years of famine in Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Genesis 41