Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 41:8
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Genesis41:8
8 And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled , and he sent and called for all the Magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof; and Pharaoh told them his dream : but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Because he understood not the meaning of it, and dreaded the consequences of it. Compare Gen. 40. 6. Dan. 2. 1, 3. Matth. 27. 19.
Whose profession it was to discover secret and future things, which they did either by the observation of the Stars, or by other superstitious practises and the help of evil spirits. See Exod. 7. 11, and 8. 19. Dan. 2. 2, 10.
Who were conversant in the study of nature, and by reason of their great sagacity did oft-times make happy conjectures.
He calls them both one dream, either because they seemed to portend the same thing, or because they were the product of one night and were divided onely by a very little interruption.
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