Pharaoh related his dream to them but there was no one who could interpret them for Pharaoh. (41:8) Pharaoh had at his disposal the wisest men in the world. All the professional dream interpreters were called. Why was no one able to interpret Pharaoh’s dream? All the experts interpreted dreams based on the natural order of the world. That’s the only thing they understood.
The strong defeat the weak - the large consume the small. Pharaoh’s dream was the opposite. The cows of poor appearance ate the beautiful cows. The thin ears of grain swallowed up the healthy ears of grain. They couldn’t understand this. Yosef on the other hand grew up in the house of Yaakov. He saw the hand of Hashem in everything. The world is not limited to - the laws of nature. Hashem can and does make anything happen. The dreams were not so strange. The dreams could be explained. (Chochma im Nachlo by Rabbi Ze'ev Tzvi Klein)
Reprinted from the Parshat Mikeitz 5784 email of whY I Matter parsha sheet edited by R’ Yedidye Hirtenfeld for the Young Israel of Midwood in Brooklyn
