“And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.”
The reason the dream was given to Pharaoh in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon. The theological explanation of the double dream is the most direct statement of divine determinism in the Joseph story: God has firmly decided, God will do it, it will be soon. The application: the double dream is not redundancy but confirmation — the matter is beyond negotiation. What God has firmly decided will come.
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