Genesis 40:9

Then the chief wine-servant gave Joseph an account of his dream, and said, In my dream I saw a vine before me;

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In The King James Version

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

In Context

8Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

10And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:5Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.

Daniel 2:31You, O King, were looking, and a great image was there. This image, which was very great, and whose glory was very bright, was placed before you: its form sent fear into the heart.

Daniel 4:10On my bed I saw a vision: there was a tree in the middle of the earth, and it was very high.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 40:6-20

5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.… Read the whole commentary →

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