Genesis 41:16

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

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In The King James Version

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

In Context

15The king said to Joseph, “I had a dream, but no-one can tell me what it means. Someone said that you can do that.”

17So Pharaoh told Joseph what he saw in his dream. He said, “In my dream I was standing next to the Nile River.

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Cross References

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.”

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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