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Genesis 41:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When morning came, he was troubled,  so he summoned all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men.  Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

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When the magicians, mediums, Chaldeans, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.


But the magicians of Egypt did the same thing by their occult practices. So Pharaoh’s heart was hard, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.


After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem,


I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.


In every matter of wisdom and understanding that the king consulted them about, he found them ten times  , better than all the magicians and mediums  in his entire kingdom.


Therefore, I will again confound these people with wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise will vanish, and the perception of their perceptive will be hidden.


But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers #– #the magicians  of Egypt, and they also did the same thing by their occult practices.


Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was stunned for a moment, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king said, ‘Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.’ Belteshazzar answered, ‘My lord, may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!


When they say to you, ‘Enquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,’  shouldn’t a people enquire of their God?  Should they enquire of the dead on behalf of the living?


‘Do not turn to mediums  , or consult spiritists,  , or you will be defiled by them; I am the Lord your God.


But the magicians did the same thing by their occult practices and brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.


‘We had dreams,’ they said to him, ‘but there is no one to interpret them.’ Then Joseph said to them, ‘Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.’


When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they looked distraught.


For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the intelligence of the intelligent.   ,


Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, ‘What is this ignorant show-off  trying to say? ’ Others replied, ‘He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities’ #– #because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.


So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.


I heard, and I trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Rottenness entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress to come against the people invading us.


I, Daniel, was overcome and lay ill for days.  Then I got up and went about the king’s business.  I was greatly disturbed by the vision and could not understand it.


‘This is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts terrified me greatly,  and my face turned pale,  but I kept the matter to myself.’


There is a man in your kingdom who has a spirit of the holy gods in him.  In the days of your predecessor he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your predecessor, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, mediums, Chaldeans, and diviners. Your own predecessor, the king,


Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it, and I will frustrate its plans. Then they will enquire of worthless idols, ghosts, mediums, and spiritists.


‘Whoever turns to mediums  , or spiritists  and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people.


The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.


The thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven plump, full ones. Then Pharaoh woke up, and it was only a dream.


Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I have had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said about you that you can hear a dream and interpret it.’


the Philistines summoned the priests and the diviners  and pleaded, ‘What should we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we can send it back to its place.’


So I issued a decree  to bring all the wise men of Babylon to me in order that they might make the dream’s interpretation known to me.


This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can make the interpretation known to me.  But you can, because you have a spirit of the holy gods.’


The thin ears of corn swallowed the seven good ones. I told this to the magicians, but no one can tell me what it means.’





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