OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 41:8

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In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

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Verse 8. Interpreters: chartumim is probably an Egyptian word; denoting magicians, priests, and interpreters of their sacred books, hieroglyphics, and so forth Kennicott. Ptolemy consulted them. Tacit. Hist. iv.

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