Genesis 40:9

Then the chief of the cup-bearers told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

Darby Translation

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

8And they said to him, We have dreamt a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [your dreams], I pray you.

10and in the vine were three branches; and it was as though it budded: its blossoms shot forth, its clusters ripened into grapes.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.

Daniel 2:31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, a great image. This image was mighty and its brightness excellent; it stood before thee, and its appearance was terrible.

Daniel 4:10Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

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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