Bible Strands
Genesis 41:14
So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Pharaoh initiates the action after the chief cupbearer confirms Joseph’s accurate interpretation of his and the baker’s dreams. This moment occurs immediately before Pharaoh presents his own uninterpreted dream, shifting the narrative from imprisonment to royal audience.
The words — The Hebrew וַיְרִיצֻהוּ (va/y.ri.Tzu./hu) literally means “and they brought him quickly,” marking the sudden removal from the pit. The verb שָׁלַח (shalach) records Pharaoh’s authoritative command that triggers this rapid sequence.
The thread — This sudden summons from confinement to royal presence parallels Daniel’s hasty presentation before Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2:25). It reflects the wider scriptural pattern of God lifting the confined from low places (Psalms 113:7; 105:19).
Why it lands — The text requires readers to track the precise sequence of events without assuming the dream interpretation has already occurred. Observers must note that physical preparation precedes the royal encounter, leaving the interpretive act for the following verse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
Cross-references
- Daniel 2:25 Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”
- Psalms 113:7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
- Psalms 105:19 until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
- 1 Samuel 2:7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- 2 Kings 25:29 So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
- Esther 5:1 On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
- Isaiah 61:3 to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
- Jeremiah 52:32 And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
- Exodus 10:16 Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
- Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.