Genesis 41:24Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it.
Douay-Rheims

וַתִּבְלַ֙עְןָ֙ הַשִׁבֳּלִ֣ים הַדַּקֹּ֔ת אֵ֛ת שֶׁ֥בַע הַֽשִׁבֳּלִ֖ים הַטֹּב֑וֹת וָֽאֹמַר֙ אֶל־הַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֔ים וְאֵ֥ין מַגִּ֖יד לִֽי׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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John Chrysostom

4th centuryChurch Father

Upon hearing these words, Pharaoh recounted his dreams, both the first and the second, expressing, "I shared them with the wise men, yet none could provide an interpretation." Joseph responded, "Have you not been told by me that such knowledge is beyond mere human understanding?"

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Dan 4:7This was the vision of my head in my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was exceeding great.
Gen 41:8And when morning was come, being struck with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egypt, and to all the wise men: and they being called for, he told them his dream, and there was not any one that could interpret it.
Ex 8:19And the magicians said to Pharao: This is the finger of God. And Pharao's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had commanded.