Kejadian 41:25
Konteks41:25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Both dreams of Pharaoh have the same meaning. 1 God has revealed 2 to Pharaoh what he is about to do. 3
Yeremia 44:28
Konteks44:28 Some who survive in battle will return to the land of Judah from the land of Egypt. But they will be very few indeed! 4 Then the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will know whose word proves true, 5 mine or theirs.’
[41:25] 1 tn Heb “the dream of Pharaoh is one.”
[41:25] 3 tn The active participle here indicates what is imminent.
[44:28] 4 tn Heb “The survivors of the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah few in number [more literally, “men of number”; for the idiom see BDB 709 s.v. מִסְפָּר 1.a].” The term “survivors of the sword” may be intended to represent both those who survive death in war or death by starvation or disease, a synecdoche of species for all three genera.
[44:28] sn This statement shows that the preceding “none,” “never again,” “all” in vv. 26-27 are rhetorical hyperbole. Not all but almost all; very few would survive. The following statement implies that the reason that they are left alive is to bear witness to the fact that the
[44:28] 5 tn Heb “will stand,” i.e., in the sense of being fulfilled, proving to be true, or succeeding (see BDB 878 s.v. קוּם 7.g).