Genesis 41:12

But there was a young Hebrew man who worked for the boss of the jail. When we told him our dreams, he told us the meaning.

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In The King James Version

And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

In Context

11One night, the baker and I both had dreams but our dreams were different. And we did not know the meaning of those dreams.

13And what he said came true. I got my job back and the baker was killed and his body put up on a tree.”

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Cross References

Genesis 39:1When the Ishmaelites got to Egypt, they sold Joseph to a man named Potifar. Potifar was an important man in Egypt. He was boss over all the soldiers that guarded the government building. That was where the king worked.

Genesis 40:12Joseph said to him, “This is what your dream means. The 3 branches are a picture for 3 days.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:10-17

Joseph Brought before Pharaoh. ( b. c. 1715.) 9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams;… Read the whole commentary →

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