“Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, (here we are given intimate insight into precisely the amount of time that Joseph had to persevere in Faith in utter dependence as he waited upon the Lord for his deliverance) that Pharaoh had a dream; and behold, he stood by the river. (Recognise how the fact that Pharaoh had a dream in the first place and then the contents of said dream quite literally flow into each other as it is almost immediately impressed upon the reader at the inception of this new chapter that this is a God-breathed supernatural dream of great significance and importance and its facts are therefore almost indistinguishable from other important narrative waking life events in the Scriptures. We are furthermore instantly alerted to the fact that Pharaoh, as representative of all of Egypt – our current narrative location – is the primary role-player in the dream.) Suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow. Then behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and gaunt, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the river. And the ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine looking and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke. (Here we note the Divine Intervention of the Lord as he rules over Pharaoh’s sleep cycles, ensuring that he awakes at precisely the right time to distinguish this dream from the next, and is furthermore awarded the opportunity to recall the details of the dream most vividly.) He slept and dreamed a second time; (with the implication that the two dreams followed each other within the same night) and suddenly seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, plump and good. (Again we see a similar device utilised as before where waking-life events and the dream narrative is near indistinguishable, both in its time of occurrence and in the importance awarded it.) Then behold, seven thin heads, blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them. And the seven thin heads devoured the seven plump and full heads. So Pharaoh awoke, and indeed, it was a dream. (😅 With a touch of humour we are led to gather that even Pharaoh could barely distinguish the events of the dream from those in waking life.) Now it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled, (again we can clearly see The Sovereign Hand of the Lord in all that transpires – not least of all to execute Joseph’s deliverance and promotion – as already habitually recognised reflectively throughout via the phrase “it came to pass . . . [. . . according to the Perfect Will of the Lord” implied], but also actively, via the troubling of Pharaoh’s spirit by the Holy Spirit in order that he may be alerted in no uncertain terms as to the significance, nay, critical importance, of the dreams, which, in turn would permit him no rest until he is able to receive an interpretation for them) (the singular term “the morning” also again confirms for us that both dreams indeed took place within the same night and of course the repetition of the similar theme in two different dreams within one such a night would only furthermore serve to impress upon Pharaoh his urgent need for the revelation of them) and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men (not yet having enjoyed a full revelation of- and encounter with-, the One True God, the God of Israel, Pharaoh resorts to calling upon the help of the only other options he can imagine: the kingdom of darkness with its limited powers of illusion, and secular wisdom). And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh (how delightful also to recognise that the Spirit caused Pharaoh to know inherently that whatever interpretation was put forth was incorrect; it is only once he comes to hear that unmistakable ring of pure, unadulterated Truth: that interpretation which fits with his dream like a key to the lock for which it was exclusively made, that the Spirit will confirm it within his spirit without any shadow of a doubt).”

“¹Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh had a dream; and behold, he stood by the river. ²Suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow. ³Then behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and gaunt, and stood by the other cows on the bank of the river. ⁴And the ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine looking and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke. ⁵He slept and dreamed a second time; and suddenly seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, plump and good. ⁶Then behold, seven thin heads, blighted by the east wind, sprang up after them. ⁷And the seven thin heads devoured the seven plump and full heads. So Pharaoh awoke, and indeed, it was a dream. ⁸Now 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 its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh.”

– Genesis 41:1-8 (NKJV)