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A:Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dream iIn Genesis chapter 41, but it is not portrayed as a necessarily religious experience. God never talks to Joseph in The Bible, and never appears to him. After Jacob, the next to communicate with God is Moses.

There are two names for God used widely throughout the Book of Genesis: Yahweh (YHWH or YHVH).and Elohim.Elohim also means 'gods' and can therefore refer here to Pharaoh's own gods, if the grammar and sense permit. Joseph does appear to speak of God in 41:16 and 41:25, but the Hebrew text could equally mean that he is speaking of the Pharaoh's Egyptian gods. Either way, there is no suggestion in his speech that this was a religious experience.

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