Genesis 40:8

The 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.”

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In The King James Version

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

In Context

7So he said to them, “Why do you look so unhappy today?”

9The man who gave the king his wine told Joseph his dream first. He said, “In my dream I saw a grape vine and it had 3 branches. I watched the branches grow flowers and then grapes grew from those flowers. They looked ready to eat.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:16But Joseph said to the king, “I cannot tell people what their dreams mean, but God can help me do that.”

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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