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Genesis 40:5

And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.

6And when Joseph was come in to them in the morning, and saw them sad,

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.

Genesis 40:8They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Both not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed. g The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,

Genesis 41:5dummy verses inserted by amos

Numbers 12:6He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.

Esther 6:1That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,

Daniel 2:1In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream went out of his mind.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 40:2-5

The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1717.) 1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a… Read the whole commentary →

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