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His spirit was troubled, because he understood not the meaning of it, and dreaded the consequences of it. Compare Gen_40:6 Dan_2:1,3 Mt 27:19.
The magicians, whose profession it was to discover secret and future things; which they did either by the observation of the stars, or by other superstitious practices, and the help of evil spirits. See Exo_7:11 8:19 Dan_2:2,10.
The wise men, who were conversant in the study of nature; and by reason of their great sagacity, did ofttimes make happy conjectures.
Pharoah calls them both one dream, either because they seemed to portend the same thing, or because they were the product of one night, and were divided only by a very little interruption.