5 He fell asleep again and had a second dream: Seven heads of grain, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank
5 And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time. And behold, seven ears of grain, plump and good, were growing on one stalk.
5 He went back to sleep and dreamed a second time: Seven ears of grain, full-bodied and lush, grew out of a single stalk.
5 He slept and dreamed a second time; and suddenly seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, plump and good.
5 But he fell asleep again and had a second dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain, plump and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 41:5
Commentary on Genesis 41:1-8
(Read Genesis 41:1-8)
The means of Joseph's being freed from prison were Pharaoh's dreams, as here related. Now that God no longer speaks to us in that way, it is no matter how little we either heed dreams, or tell them. The telling of foolish dreams can make no better than foolish talk. But these dreams showed that they were sent of God; when he awoke, Pharaoh's spirit was troubled.