Genesis 40:5
One night both the baker and the man who gave the king his wine, had dreams. Their dreams were different and had different meanings.
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In The King James Version
In Context
4The jail boss gave them to Joseph and he looked after them. And they stayed in jail for a long time.
6In the morning Joseph saw that they were upset.
Cross References
Genesis 20:3God was not happy with Abimelek's plan. And so one night God spoke to Abimelek in a dream and said, “You are going to die. You have taken Sarah to be your wife. She is already married to Abraham.”
Genesis 40:8The men answered, “We both had dreams last night, but no-one can tell us what they mean.” Joseph said, “God is the only one who can tell people all about dreams. Tell me what you saw, and God will tell me what they mean.”
Genesis 41:5He went back to sleep again and had a second dream. This time he saw a long piece of grass, and it had 7 bunches of seeds on the top and they were fat and looked really good to eat.
Esther 6:1In those days it was someone's job to write down in a book everything that happened in the country of Persia. It was called The Book about the Persian Nation. When the supper with Queen Esther was finished, King Zerk-sees went home to sleep. But he could not go to sleep, so he asked one of his workers to get The Book about the Persian Nation, and read it to him.
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 →